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Ozempic and the Harder-Better Fallacy

The problem with Ozempic is not that it makes weight loss easier. The problem is that weight loss is not a good goal in the first place.

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Kate Manne
Mar 30, 2023
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I‘ve been thinking a lot lately about what I call the harder-better fallacy. That which is the most difficult to achieve is deemed the most worthy, regardless of its actual desirability or value. Often, this sense of worth has a distinctively moral dimension: it’s hard for most of us to get up at 5am—so there must be something admirable about it. It’s h…

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