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.How can we balance a gain towards freedom without reverting to isolation?

Shawn Fromm's answer is by spontaneous action. Perhaps that means skipping work today and heading to the beach with your boyfriend? Alternatively, it may me…moreFromm's answer is by spontaneous action. Perhaps that means skipping work today and heading to the beach with your boyfriend? Alternatively, it may mean getting off your duff and getting to work helping others with an important project. Whatever constitutes spontaneity for you can only be answered by yourself but it is certainly the result of your own choice and likely different from your routine. Or better, perhaps, it is arresting routine in a state of awareness, which awareness invokes your sense of choice. Spontaneity does not require isolation. (less)

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I am new to Fromm.Is this the book to begin with?

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Worldwide is the trend for individuals to increasingly (X) want more freedom, or (Y) escape from freedom? Does the popularity of books such as “Why Nudge?: The Politics of Libertarian Paternalism” by Cass R. Sunstein indicate an increased popularity of escapes from freedom?

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