FINANCIAL TIMES - Screwtape, C.S. Lewis' unforgettable devil, has this advice for crushing people who are facing a test of endurance. "Feed him with false hopes... Exaggerate the weariness by making him think it will soon be over."
Thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, we are starting to learn all about weariness and false hopes.
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