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It is! If ~50% of the population feels unfulfilled because they haven’t been able to have the children they wanted, we should fix that. But clearly it would be
by sebmellen 2y ago
It is! If ~50% of the population feels unfulfilled because they haven’t been able to have the children they wanted, we should fix that. But clearly it would be better to look at the root cause than to rely on this specious invention.
- mensetmanusman 2y agoSubjective well-being is a fascinating metric to chase because it always changes.
- Pigalowda 2y agoI agree. I think happiness and “well-being” are not actual realities. There is only the pursuit of happiness. And that pursuit can be manipulated for financial gain. I think the very best you can achieve is being a child or failing that contentedness and absence of suffering. Otherwise loss and grief will strip away any possibility of happiness. The only fleeting happiness/joy I often see in myself or other adults is in nostalgia - and that’s pure manipulation.
- squigz 2y agoMight this just be you and the people you know, rather than some law of reality?
- Pigalowda 2y agoIt certainly could be. There’s the old Greek myth of Pandora’s box - the last entity to emerge is ‘hope’. Is that the worst monster or greatest gift to humanity? I feel like I fall in the former camp. But that’s OK - I still move forward in life and engage in the pursuit of happiness.
- sebmellen 2y agohttps://resources.soundstrue.com/transcript/shinzen-young-the-science-of-enlightenment-part-2/ https://resources.soundstrue.com/transcript/shinzen-young-th...
- pjc50 2y agoIf you look at the other "personal goals" comment in this subthread, which lists "buy house and get married" before children, I think you can see what the real barrier is.