<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/final/magazine/fall-2019/david-brooks-lies-about-life-and-four-great-commitments.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>David Brooks on Lies About Life and the Four Great Commitments</title><excerpt>David Brooks believes we want intensity in life more than happiness. “We want to do something that is hard, something worth wanting,” he said. We experience that intensity as children, but the emphasis on good grades and achievement lessens it, and students think their parents value grades more than becoming a good person and developing character.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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