trust in self. For example Conservatives don't want to raise taxes on billionaires because they think they'd be one some day. Not much to debate here. If you

trust in self. For example Conservatives don't want to raise taxes on billionaires because they think they'd be one some day. Not much to debate here. If you can keep this mindset until death and avoid the crashdown , then yes, you are gonna be happier. More generally the world belongs to people who think they are special in the face of data that indicate otherwise and empirical evidence of the contrary. Or even neutral data and neutral empirical evidence