They may yearn for change but they also fear it: although their lives are poor, they are also peaceful.

他们渴望变革，同时也担心改变：虽然他们生活得很困顿，但他们依然平和。

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It allows us to measure the quality of our experience, to compare it to an abstract ideal, and to yearn for change.

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