Every morning, programmers, authors, and executives in late-stage capitalism placed a sign in their windows: Progress makes everything better. They didn't believe it. No one does. But they placed it anywayβ€”to avoid trouble, to get along on LinkedIn.

This is "living within a lie." The system's power comes not from its truth but from everyone's willingness to perform as if it were true.

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