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You've managed to pack almost every paragraph with some point that invites elaboration. Good stuff.

I'll touch on just one for now - "In general I think we can admit that people complain about things with far more energy, creativity or gusto than they would ever employ for praise." - assuming you imply humans and/or things, situations, etc created by humans, I think it's just objectively so. In this world there are much fewer things to praise, apart from maybe nature. I personally have no problem complimenting anyone or anything when indeed it's called for.

The culture, though, calls for expressing positivity always - smiling, praising, etc - but when there's no underlying reason for it, it just looks and sounds fake.

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