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Whether eliminating human suffering would eliminate something essential

I work in biotech and we are developing treatments that could eliminate human suffering but I cannot shake the feeling that some kinds of struggle are necessary for becoming human.

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The impulse to remove all difficulty from life risks removing opportunities for wisdom and growth.

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