[lbo-talk] happiness pays?

Jim Devine jdevine03 at gmail.com
Sat Apr 1 12:04:17 PST 2006


On 4/1/06, Josh Narins <josh at narins.net> wrote:
> Shorter "Happiness Pays?"
>
> Ignorance is Bliss.
...
> And if there was no tension, life would be boring.
>
> And boring life would result in vapid art.

why the presumption that happiness involves boredom, no tension, ignorance?

the author contrasts happiness to depression, which is not the same as excitement, tension, or knowledge. (Peter D. Kramer, who wrote LISTENING TO PROZAC, has a book out that also opposes depression.) -- Jim Devine / "There can be no real individual freedom in the presence of economic insecurity." -- Chester Bowles



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