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>there's a whole industry evolved to make us unhappy—it's profitable for us to be unhappy because then we'll go buy “solutions” for our unhappiness. I like how
by mnsc 8y ago
>there's a whole industry evolved to make us unhappy—it's profitable for us to be unhappy because then we'll go buy “solutions” for our unhappiness.
I like how it's a win-win now for me acting revolutionary by being happy.
- kachurovskiy 8y agoLooks like his answer assumes that "before", people were happy. I don't think this was ever the case. More so, being unhappy might be itself an evolution tool.
- mnsc 8y agoI think that "before" more people were unhappy because the two lowest levels of Maslows pyramid wasn't fulfilled but when you reached level 3 and above you could just live your life and be mostly happy. Now we have people that have it all, level 5-persons, that are more unhappy with life than happy. And that, I blame on the business of creating artificial needs that you never can fulfill. Me being revolutionary in this context is refusing to play the game. Not chasing a career at all costs, not playing stock market games, trying to minimize my wants, focusing on relations and specifically not participating in The Great Social Media Mindfuck Experiment.
- wrUS61 8y ago>trying to minimize my wants This is an effective solution which I also try to do that in my life recently. And the bad thing is, it's become more difficult to get rid of the whole "game" trap, when you continue to play even if you get bored.
- atentaten 8y agoPeople were happy before. Some societies were not happy before or haven't been producing significant quantities of happy people for a very long time.
- tonyedgecombe 8y agoMarketers want you to be dissatisfied with your current situation so they can sell you something you didn't really need. It's quite hard to avoid even if you know what is going on.
- herdrick 8y agoWhat industry is he talking about?