The Good Life in a Nutshell
My insights about how to live a good life after years of research, theoretical contemplation, and rich life adventures
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Over the last decade, a big part of my work has been about the following two things:
i) assess the value of what is commonly valued and pursued in life
ii) find better alternatives to what is commonly valued, in case what is commonly valued turns out to be vain or even harmful (to the individual, the rest of people, and the environment)
As far as the first thing is concerned, we first need to see what people usually value and pursue in their lives. What I have discovered is that people usually pursue the following:
money-material wealth
fame-admiration-external validation
domination-superiority over other people
easy and immediate pleasures
I have assessed those things to be relatively worthless. To put it differently, a life that is spent on the pursuit of money, fame, power, and immediate pleasures is a limited and limiting life. Life, I have discovered through various ways, can be a lot more meaningful and richer.
But if those things are worthless, what is the alternative and how can it be achieved?