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…what passes for hip cynical transcendence of sentiment is really some kind of fear of being really human, since to be really human […] is probably to be unavoidably sentimental and naive and goo-prone and generally pathetic…
- David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest
I really connect with this line, I think it’s really easy, and “cool” to be a cynic, but to be sincere, is to be vulnerable, and it’s really hard, but ultimately, is a more honest representation of the human condition.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_McNamara#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELangguth20001963_48-0