Quantified-self

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quantified-self

Title text: You really have to pity all the people who lived perfect lives without any of their peers finding out.

Votey

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Should human beings strive for pleasure or for fulfillment?

That's a math question, not a philosophy question.

Life of pleasure: Probability of success is 80% life satisfaction if successful is 5 on a scale from o to 10. Probability-weighted value is

Life of fulfillment: Probability of successis 20%. Life satisfaction if successful is 10. Probability-weighted

Value is 0.2 * 10 = 2.

So, no life strategy gets you even halfway to the maximum value,

Muddle through probability of success is 100%. Life satisfaction if successful = 7.

There is one.

"i tell you, we are here on earth to fart around." -kurt vonnegut

Did you know he trained as a scientist before writing books?

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Wait, why are we allowed to read vonnegut? We're just kids for christ's sake.

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