by GollyRojer » Fri Nov 17, 2017 4:36 pm
Yuval Harari's Sapiens discusses this at length in the chapter, "And They All Lived Happily Ever After":
"...happiness does not really depend on objective conditions of either wealth, health or even community. Rather, it depends on the correlation between objective conditions and subjective expectations. If you want a bullock-cart and get a bullock-cart, you are content. If you want a brand-new Ferrari and get only a second-hand Fiat you feel deprived. ...Prophets, poets and philosophers realised thousands of years ago that being satisfied with what you already have is far more important than getting more of what you want."
Yuval Harari's [u]Sapiens[/u] discusses this at length in the chapter, "And They All Lived Happily Ever After":
"...happiness does not really depend on objective conditions of either wealth, health or even community. Rather, it depends on the correlation between objective conditions and subjective expectations. If you want a bullock-cart and get a bullock-cart, you are content. If you want a brand-new Ferrari and get only a second-hand Fiat you feel deprived. ...Prophets, poets and philosophers realised thousands of years ago that being satisfied with what you already have is far more important than getting more of what you want."