Repeat to normalise

People are gradually trained to endure situations they would have previously considered unacceptable

Devangshu Datta 

Devangshu Datta There’s an old joke about a madman obsessively banging his head against a wall. When a bystander asks why, the madman responds, “It’ll feel so good when I stop doing it.”  Demonetisation was like that. Months of pain and privation gradually eased, as cash came back into the system. There was immense relief as one could indulge in the civilised niceties of tipping the bellboy at a hotel, or simply eat an ice cream on the street.  This process of pain followed by cessation leads to “normalisation”: People are gradually trained to ...

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Repeat to normalise

People are gradually trained to endure situations they would have previously considered unacceptable

People are gradually trained to endure situations they would have previously considered unacceptable There’s an old joke about a madman obsessively banging his head against a wall. When a bystander asks why, the madman responds, “It’ll feel so good when I stop doing it.”  Demonetisation was like that. Months of pain and privation gradually eased, as cash came back into the system. There was immense relief as one could indulge in the civilised niceties of tipping the bellboy at a hotel, or simply eat an ice cream on the street.  This process of pain followed by cessation leads to “normalisation”: People are gradually trained to ... image
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