Day 9: Stand Back and Look at it All

[yomom1919]

Because of human and scientific ambition. Even when we have everything, we will try to acheive more. Society enables this to happen more effectively. I know many people that have a life which people would consider 'happy and secure' but are unhappy because they still seek more. Truthfully, I'm glad that 'happiness' is not what humanity has proved to settle for.

 

 

 

You could then say "whats the point of ambition if it doesnt make you happy". But no one truly knows. Ambition is a human characteristic, and we cannot explain it as much as we cannot explain any other emotion or characteristic.

[Viktorkrum77]

Financial Aid is a huge scam that will come back to bite you after college.

 

 

 

The only good things are scholarships, but those restrict your choice of Colleges/Universities.

 

 

 

And everyone knows Belgium's got the best schooling system in the world. :P No surprise there from a country that places around third on the top countries by the UN.

[1_man_army]

We're unhappy because we expect too much. Everyday we're bombarded with visions of fantasy - wealth, power, desirability, respect, youth and acceptance - those are the basic goals of the overwhelming majority of people. However, thats just not the reality of most people and thats what we (western society) struggle with.

 

 

 

In the search for those ideals we're starting to live increasingly hollow lives which centre around work, much of which is not the dream job we strive for but instead monotenous unfulfilling work. Think about it - how many people claim to have long term goals designed to help them achieve their goal in life but how many end up truly achieving that?

[malo2]

I think you've become spoiled and really don't know how to enjoy your current life. I live in a family richer then the rest of about 99.5-99.9% of the world, and richer then maybe half of Toronto. In these conditions I am taking none for granted, you just have no idea what life was like either 80 years ago, or elsewhere in the world. You have to realize the opportunities you have, opportunities to enjoy life more. If only you knew how to do that, in our great and lucky society, nothing would get in your way of happiness (except occasional crime).

 

 

 

I don't exactly live in fairy tale land either, my parents fight, all sorts of troubles come up in places least expected. But at the end of the day I realize how lucky I am to have the opportunity to change all of that, something about 70-80% of the world can't do, or finds it very difficult.

 

 

 

Reading your previous 7 great threads (I didn't like the tarot thing) I really expected more from you trapical. I expected you to be one of those people to not take what you have for granted :-k

 

 

 

PS: Human advancement is so much fun :)

[darkmage099]

1. I think the word ease is misunderstood. Ease may not be individual ease but perhaps the ease of society. Do you see our modern day civilization breaking apart (without the whole world destroying). Our civilization would still be at risk of destruction were it not for globalization and new "technology".

 

 

 

2. Ease is relative to individuals. I'm sure if you moved to Guatemala "you'd be less happy". It is impossible to reach ease if the standard for ease keeps rising at the same rate ease is. This is obvious.

 

 

 

3. The happiest people were always the highest class. Why? Because there is people to compensate for their luxury...slaves and lower class. In modern society, this is impossible because of the middle class and humanitarian junk. I betcha the Romans who had slaves were happier than the "upper" class person who worked to get there place in society.

 

 

 

4. There's more people. More competition = harder to be happy

[Viktorkrum77]

I live in a family richer then the rest of about 99.5-99.9% of the world

 

 

 

Then that would make you a very high millionaire. 100's of millions at least. :shock:

[malo2]

I live in a family richer then the rest of about 99.5-99.9% of the world

 

 

 

Then that would make you a very high millionaire. 100's of millions at least. :shock:

not really, out of the 6.6 billion people in the world, how many are millionaires? definetly less than .5-.1%

 

 

 

Anyway I'm not all that sure about the statistics in world wealth, but I live in the middle-upper class of canada.

[Viktorkrum77]

Then you're in the top 90%. It starts at 70% with lower middle class I believe, or upper lower class.

[Rebdragon]

Then you're in the top 90%. It starts at 70% with lower middle class I believe, or upper lower class.

 

:-s . He said the world, not the country.