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Technically, it's causing jealousy, not unhappiness (directly). If we choose (as you intuitively understand) to let jealousy reside in our consciousness, we wil
by MrMcCall 2y ago
Technically, it's causing jealousy, not unhappiness (directly). If we choose (as you intuitively understand) to let jealousy reside in our consciousness, we will become unhappy as a result of living in our lower selves. We should, instead, be focusing on the better aspects of our lives, including living on this wonderful world, in this awesome universe.
We are each tested with either more or less than others. If we have been given more, we are to be generous; if less, we are to refuse to be jealous.
All that said, flying around in private jets is horrible for the environment, and is, therefore, a detriment to us all, so it will be they who will become unhappy for spraying jet fuel byproducts all across the Earth while they're galavanting around. Sure, they might ignore it while they're pleasure-seeking, but karma is "patient like a spider, a Zen spider" (from Gibson's Neuromancer), and we all reap what we sow, whether for our selfishness or selflessness. It is always our choice, every day.
- card_zero 2y ago> flying around in private jets is horrible for the environment It would be more horrible for the environment (in total effect) if people could afford to do it to any significant extent. Instead, like many other activities, its total effect is trivial, but the idea of such carelessness is offensive.
- MrMcCall 2y agoIts total effect is far from trivial. Our atmosphere is six miles thick, with only 2-to-3 miles or so of breathable air. And I don't call anything "offensive", because I cannot be offended by what anyone does to me or anyone else. That said, what they or anyone is doing has a moral weight to it, being, to some degree, either selfish or compassionate. That is the measure of every human activity, our every choice.
- card_zero 2y agoI mean, it's generally offensive, not necessarily to you or me, just to people. And I suppose we have to bear the relatively recently discovered warming effect of contrails, but in terms of carbon emissions, ourworldindata assigns aviation as a whole only a very thin slice of the emissions pie. But you're apparently talking about, what, PAHs that might give somebody cancer? Not a big deal proportionately, I think, unless you work at an airport.
- gadders 2y ago>>Technically, it's causing jealousy, not unhappiness It's actually causing envy, not jealousy. "Envy is when you want what someone else has, but jealousy is when you're worried someone's trying to take what you have." https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/commonly-confused-words/envy-jealousy/ https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/commonly-confused-words/...