There may be no idea more animating to modern life than that of success, the theme (for the second year running) of our October issue. As a society, we debate and dissect it constantly—how it’s defined, who gets to enjoy it, the best ways to achieve it, and, of course, whether we’ve actually been thinking about it all wrong this whole time and should just retreat into the woods and make doe eyes at wildlife instead.
Perhaps that’s because the concept itself is so…

