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Thread: Are humans impossible to satisfy? Have we already passed peak happiness in society?

post 1630512683 02-04-2021, 07:05 AM
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Are humans impossible to satisfy? Have we already passed peak happiness in society?

Our Ancestors living in a quiet village: "I wish I could live in a huge city with all the commodities"
Our grandpas during WW2: "I wish I could have a decent job and a simple living family life"
Young people today: "I wish I could live off grid without depending on a 9 to 5 job, sick and tired of this fake narcissist validation seeker society"

Maybe we had already reached the peak of society during the 80s/90s...

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Life peaked in 2007 when the first iPhone was released to the public DED SRS.
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The problem is we cannot define happiness.
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Originally Posted By deft0nes⏩
Life peaked in 2007 when the first iPhone was released to the public DED SRS.
Tell me more. You mean before social media?
Originally Posted By Jax05⏩
The problem is we cannot define happiness.
Family life + not that much stress + enjoying the simple things + healthy hobby?
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post 1630514463 02-04-2021, 07:29 AM
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Yea. We have everything we could ever need/want now, but are unhappy. It's because happiness doesn't come from easy dopamine hits. And that's too available in modern times.

The Industrial Revolution and it's Consequences have been a Disaster for the Human Race.

The Sexual Revolution and it's Consequences have been a Disaster for the Human Race.
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post 1630514913 02-04-2021, 07:36 AM
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We're not sufficiently far in our evolution as a species to begin thinking past our base instincts. Our brains are still wired to expect danger and seek out security and certainty at every turn. That's one of the main reasons religion is still a thing and why people believe in those stories, because the alternative is too scary.

200 years ago we were all dying by 40. Life was hard and miserable, and relatively short. Now, we all of a sudden live past 80, our brains deteriorate because we're not supposed to live that long, and we become empty shells. We are just starting to live longer, safer lives as a species, and we will slowly begin using our cortex (hopefully) to its fullest capacity and not be so innately focused on seeking safety anymore.

Evolution is slow. Thousands upon thousands of years need to go by before we're able to get there. We're still base apes dividing ourselves into tribes and quarrelling amongst ourselves. We divide one another by means of psychological, intangible, arbitrary borders (religion, countries, race, etc).

Read "the time machine" by HG Wells.
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Depends on individual mindset. Some people continue to pursue happiness and will never find it. Others have stopped pursuing it and as a result have found it.
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if you approach life in a mindless consumeristic way, and seek validation and fulfillment in things that are outside of your control, then yes, satisfaction will be fleeting if not impossible -- also important to understand that satisfaction (and all feelings) are impermanent and fleeting

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Originally Posted By RealLifeAlpha⏩
if you approach life in a mindless consumeristic way, and seek validation and fulfillment in things that are outside of your control, then yes, satisfaction will be fleeting if not impossible -- also important to understand that satisfaction (and all feelings) are impermanent and fleeting

(ded fkn Srs)



(obviously i succumb to consumerism just like the next pleb -- but have been working to be more mindful of my thoughts)
I think what this boils down to is that we have innate drives and instincts, but we possess a sufficiently advanced cortex that allows us to curb these innate drives, think critically about certain issues, not succumb to tribalism, and thus achieve some kind of overall meaning and fulfillment with life.

Don't become a slave to your instincts. Question everything.
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post 1630516143 02-04-2021, 07:58 AM
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Without a doubt

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Originally Posted By xxAchillesxx⏩
Without a doubt

Beautiful display of what I like to call the "grass is greener syndrome."
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Originally Posted By ScramFranklin⏩
Yea. We have everything we could ever need/want now, but are unhappy. It's because happiness doesn't come from easy dopamine hits. And that's too available in modern times.

The Industrial Revolution and it's Consequences have been a Disaster for the Human Race.

The Sexual Revolution and it's Consequences have been a Disaster for the Human Race.
So we need struggle to thrive? Seems like after a huge war people are peaking happiness.
Originally Posted By lightsarefallin⏩
We're not sufficiently far in our evolution as a species to begin thinking past our base instincts. Our brains are still wired to expect danger and seek out security and certainty at every turn. That's one of the main reasons religion is still a thing and why people believe in those stories, because the alternative is too scary.

200 years ago we were all dying by 40. Life was hard and miserable, and relatively short. Now, we all of a sudden live past 80, our brains deteriorate because we're not supposed to live that long, and we become empty shells. We are just starting to live longer, safer lives as a species, and we will slowly begin using our cortex (hopefully) to its fullest capacity and not be so innately focused on seeking safety anymore.

Evolution is slow. Thousands upon thousands of years need to go by before we're able to get there. We're still base apes dividing ourselves into tribes and quarrelling amongst ourselves. We divide one another by means of psychological, intangible, arbitrary borders (religion, countries, race, etc).

Read "the time machine" by HG Wells.
Nice. Would read. Movie is dope tho.
Originally Posted By Ironmanlet⏩
Depends on individual mindset. Some people continue to pursue happiness and will never find it. Others have stopped pursuing it and as a result have found it.
Aware?
Originally Posted By RealLifeAlpha⏩
if you approach life in a mindless consumeristic way, and seek validation and fulfillment in things that are outside of your control, then yes, satisfaction will be fleeting if not impossible -- also important to understand that satisfaction (and all feelings) are impermanent and fleeting

(ded fkn Srs)



(obviously i succumb to consumerism just like the next pleb -- but have been working to be more mindful of my thoughts)
Dunno. If consumerism is the answer, why are some rich celebs dudes offing themselves?
Originally Posted By xxAchillesxx⏩
Without a doubt

REPPED. But I wanna see the helicopter dude thoughts lol
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feel like life peaked in the early 2000's. Looking at some old home movies and pictures from that time and seems like people were happier tbh. Advancements in technology were also extremely new and exciting so every little gadget or gizmo or gaming system that came out was actually pretty significant.
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Originally Posted By GlennQuagmire⏩
Dunno. If consumerism is the answer, why are some rich celebs dudes offing themselves?
you either misread or misunderstood my post -- consumerism is not the answer (ded fkn Srs)
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Originally Posted By MetroBrah⏩
feel like life peaked in the early 2000's. Looking at some old home movies and pictures from that time and seems like people were happier tbh. Advancements in technology were also extremely new and exciting so every little gadget or gizmo or gaming system that came out was actually pretty significant.
Abuse of technology is really making people miserable.

Originally Posted By RealLifeAlpha⏩
you either misread or misunderstood my post -- consumerism is not the answer (ded fkn Srs)
Now I get it.
Originally Posted By S0Jack3d⏩
True happiness comes from falling in love with a woman and raising a family together. Without that foundation with which to build your life upon, all other pursuits will leave you feeling empty.
I think family is key but on the other hand, so many people screw up their lives just cause they get bored of the simple living family life (cheating, alcohol abuse, etc).
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yes we are still animals and tech has stopped our evolution

Im thinking some tribal people are actually prob happier than us all they worry about is getting food and shelter unlike us we worry about getting the newest phones and eating at the fanciest restaurant

makes me want to drop everything and go live in the wild
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Originally Posted By GlennQuagmire⏩
Tell me more. You mean before social media?



Family life + not that much stress + enjoying the simple things + healthy hobby?
initial social media came out when brick phones were a thing, wasnt that bad because you had to be near a computer to even use it. now people are on that chit all fuking day

brb go to any social get together and people all just sitting around on their phones
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