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I agree. This article is very light on content and I'm kinda surprised something this banal and content-less even made it to an actual publication. Also, the
by astura 6y ago
I agree.
This article is very light on content and I'm kinda surprised something this banal and content-less even made it to an actual publication.
Also, the guy's son graduated high school two years ago, he's 20-21 years old, practically everyone is happy at that age, let's hear about his life satisfaction at 40. That's ignoring the fact that two years is hardly enough time to evaluate the long term outcome of a major life decision.
To be clear, I don't think the author's son will grow up to be miserable, like the parent pointed out, most people don't have a college degree and most people aren't miserable. But this should be obvious.
- mac01021 6y agoBut then "It is better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied; better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool, or the pig, is of a different opinion, it is only because they only know their own side of the question." -- J S Mill
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- projektfu 6y agoI think as time goes on, I am learning that humans are dissatisfied because they no longer know how to live the life of a human, where (wild) pigs are fully capable of living the life of a pig. The big eye-opener for me was "The Story of B", by Daniel Quinn. Say what you want about the completeness or quality of its anthropology, it has touched on an ineffable fact that we are constantly trying to use more of what is bad for us to try to make it good.
- Ninjinka 6y agoThis is par for the course for this particular publication
- KptMarchewa 6y ago>he's 20-21 years old, practically everyone is happy at that age lol