The Triumph of the Therapeutic MindWhether it's budget deficits, teachers' pay, or delta smelts, the therapeutic mind refuses to count the cost. Beyond the political posturing over state and federal budgets, there looms an age-old philosophical divide over human nature, perhaps defined as the therapeutic versus the tragic view of our existence. The therapeutic view — thanks to the bounty and affluence brought about by modern technology — has largely triumphed. The tragic view is deemed the domain of the embittered, the selfish, and the downright mean. There are several tenets of the modern therapeutic view. In such a utopian...