Posted by Susan47 on March 18, 2005, at 10:00:02
In reply to Re: The Greatest Happiness Machine » Susan47, posted by alexandra_k on March 18, 2005, at 4:45:44
Yes but everyone is an individual, Alexandra, and happiness allows me to learn better. See now, this really gets me. WHO THE HELL CAME UP WITH THE SICK THEORY THAT LEARNING AND GROWTH ALL MUST COME OUT OF MISERY AND STRUGGLE? what UTTER crap. Ah, so searching for wisdom and knowledge results in dissatisfaction and unhappiness? ANd FURTHERMORE, Autonomy LEADS TO Happiness, not away from it. Listen, babe, I've just MADE THE DECISION to plug into the happiness machine. IN THAT MACHINE, if you will recall, I am allowed to have the illusion of living a life. Right? Well, you didn't ask me what my idea of a life was, did you? Did I say that happiness precludes me from learning? No. Happiness ALLOWS learning. oy. This idea that happiness is equated to stupidity and non-growth is such human shite.
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