“Do you know why Cooper’s show was such a hit?” I shake my head, not because I don’t have a theory, but because I’d hate for it to be the wrong one. “It’s because people recognized their own weaknesses in him. Cooper was an indomitable biathlete with five consecutive world championships, but he couldn’t stop crying over the blood on his hands. Humans are very good at that—finding something to be miserable about, even in absolute happiness.”
