Will Schoder

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There is a definition of happiness that 1) makes sense, 2) escapes the hedonic adaptation problem, 3) isn't childlike or naive, and 4) is practical & deeply connected to things you care about. It is in this video.

@nateliason Great piece. Sometimes I think what's at fault is equating "being entertained" with true wholehearted engagement (a word unfortunately snapped up by big data). True flow & engagement blows "not being bored" out of the water, but people have forgotten the distinction.

But it's not all bleak. Screens are a tool like any other, and we can also use them to re-gain and sharpen our internal locus of entertainment. More here: blog.nateliason.com/p/the-locus-of…

@willschoder Really powerful thought experiment — anthropological studies of happiness across vastly different cultures might help introduce enough variation to draw better conclusions

My favorite thought experiment in philosophy (that I’ve read). From Dan Haybron’s The Pursuit of Unhappiness:

For those of us who know the possibility of a “real mother” category and have experienced it, this thought experiment couldn’t be more poignant.