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Awesome article. I don't have much to add, but it's interesting how "funny" we are as a species in that we're never fully content. What we think of as a "perfec
by greedyBrah 12y ago
Awesome article. I don't have much to add, but it's interesting how "funny" we are as a species in that we're never fully content. What we think of as a "perfect life" today will be trivial in 100 years and that society 100 years from now will yearn for their own perfect life.
- herokusaki 12y agoAn alternative that is not to be easily dismissed is that in 100 years we will have learned to manipulate our contentment. If handled badly enough, this could become our final discovery. Not that we would then care.
- sizzle 12y agoreminds me of a previous front page submission: http://lesswrong.com/lw/1lb/are_wireheads_happy/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/1lb/are_wireheads_happy/