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It's a perception problem. Just because something is locally good doesn't mean there isn't a more optimal good elsewhere.
by ionforce 13y ago
It's a perception problem.
Just because something is locally good doesn't mean there isn't a more optimal good elsewhere.
- smacktoward 13y agoBut thinking like that creates what I'll call the Walter Mitty Problem: making a great living, enjoying a loving family, great health, etc., but being unable to take satisfaction from any of that because you're too busy dreaming of being a larger-than-life figure. The better your circumstances get, the more dreaming of even better ones becomes a game of diminishing returns. (For those of you who only know Walter Mitty from the Ben Stiller movie, here's the original short story: http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1939/03/18/390318fi_fiction_thurber?currentPage=all http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1939/03/18/390318fi_fiction...)