You 2.0: The Path to Contentment

This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedanta. In the summer of seventy six. Thirty three year old Thomas Jefferson drafted one of the most important documents in the history of the United States. The Declaration of Independence laid out a vision for a new country, And said all men had God given rights to life?

Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Eighty six changes to the draft were made by John Adams, Ben Franklin, and others. Like many writers, Thomas Jefferson is said to have been unhappy with the changes his editors recommended.

but the line about how we are all entitled to the pursuit of happiness, Endured. In recent years. Many elements of the Declaration of Independence have come under scrutiny. Including its omission of women.

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