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There might be a limit to how much fun you can get from learning, and I'd say most of the fun comes from the novelty of it. Figuring stuff out is nice, but educ
by tpeo 10y ago
There might be a limit to how much fun you can get from learning, and I'd say most of the fun comes from the novelty of it. Figuring stuff out is nice, but education might be a source of enjoyment after a certain point (which I think is why "melancholia" was chiefly associated with philosophers). It doesn't last forever.
But what if it isn't where we wander off to, inside or outside, that matters but the wanderlust itself? Maybe the main hindrance to human happiness, once some living standards are satisfied, is just our inherent restlessness. And maybe Pascal was right: maybe all of our miseries indeed derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
- scalio 10y agoI disagree with your first point. If you are a conscious person that tries to know itself and you are not built so weirdly as to slip into mental distress, then I think there is little limit to what you can do with your brain, and by extension, little limit to the fun you can have doing so. I realize the vast majority of people can't even imagine what that feels like, but I think that is partly due to the children being fashioned in a way very detrimental to free (roaming) thought. That can be fixed. About everyone else... I don't know. Your second point is interesting and I have never considered the issue like that. Time to think ;)
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- scalio 10y ago(edit) ooh fucks sake. just spent three hours crafting the most elaborate of all fucking responses, hit reply, and the session cookie has fucking expired. guess i'll my lesson. also won't type it all up again just now, but when i get back.