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The Law of the Conservation of Anxiety

The Law of the Conservation of Anxiety
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It sometimes seems as if there’s nowadays a law of the conservation of anxiety: If we aren’t anxious about one thing, we'll be anxious about another.

Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple
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Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
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