NY Times: Actually, Let’s Not Be in the Moment. November 28, 2016 by Garret Vreeland in Psychology, Human Rights, Religion It is, of course, easier and cheaper to blame the individual for thinking the wrong thoughts than it is to tackle the thorny causes of his unhappiness. So we give inner-city schoolchildren mindfulness classes rather than engage with education inequality, and instruct exhausted office workers in mindful breathing rather than giving them paid vacation or better health care benefits.