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42: The Answer to Almost Everything
Optimisation: Is It Making Us Mad?28 min
Available until 10/10/2028
12/10/2025
On social media everyone seems to be optimising themselves into healthy, perfect humans. But is our search for perfection making us crazy? And is our obsession with personal development leading us astray?
Director
Mariia Fedorova
Country
Germany
Year
2025
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