RUSH

Buchholz makes a valid point about the need for stress and competition in our lives.

I think one can take it too far and he arguably did just that in this book. We do indeed need some stress and competition in our lives, just as we need some rest and relaxation. I didn't think he dealt with nuance of this point in the depth that it needed.

Right wing analysis of why stress and competition is good for people. Work is beneficial. Big paternalistic government is evil. Argues that we wouldn't be happy in an Edenic state, nevertheless he seems to hold up eras like the fifties as some sort of Eden to be emulated.