A couple of days ago I had an open-minded conversation with a friend of mine in San Cristóbal de las Casas in Mexico in the hostel where I’m working for. I told my friend that I wanted to write about how reliving “giving up” can be. I mentioned an example from a Buddhist book. Well, his answer let me think... It reminded me about the more we have the more we fear to lose. I call it the “American Beauty” effect. Well, and everyone who lived for a while in a shared apartment while...