Do we own a lot of stuff or does stuff own us? Is a longer, stress-filled life better than a shorter, happier one? Our biology is still primitive and based on millions of years of living in "the wild". Can our biology distinguish between the pleasure of a new iPhone or Ferrari and finding ripe berries? Can we even determine the difference between pleasure and happiness? Did any proto-humans die of stress, cancer, diabetes, suicide - or just disease, accidents, and warfare. Hunter/gatherers spent an average of two hours a day getting food. The rest of the time was spent doing whatever else they wanted to do. Was 20 years as a Neanderthal happier than 80 years as a modern human?
2007-11-12
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