That's exhilarating if you're doing well, and very crushing if you're not. It leads, in the worst cases -- in the analysis of a sociologist like Emil Durkheim -- it leads to increased rates of suicide. There are more suicides in developed, individualistic countries than in any other part of the world. And some of the reason for that is that people take what happens to them extremely personally -- they own their success, but they also own their failure.
Everyone is in favor of free speech. Hardly a day passes without its being extolled， but some people's idea of it is that they are free to say what they like， but if anyone else says anything back， that is an outrage.
