Isn't most of this covered in black mirror already? Also - what we really need now is a good curriculum on how to assess happiness outside of values that are easy to measure and capture. Am I happy is a question I'm asking myself a lot. But there's no answer - because I think anyone who isn't in pain or material poverty can credibly be happy. So maybe happiness is relational and relative with no absolute way of measuring it.
Black Mirror definitely has episodes on this topic. I do find Nguyen's writing on it a better articulation (especially when he pulls in research from other fields).
An excellent piece, thank you!
If we could all just cultivate a little more awareness of how we pay attention to this beautiful world.
Thank you for the note, Tyler! Totally agreed (and it is definitely easier said than done but am working on it).
Love this one Trung a lot of gems in here
Appreciate you Adam! C. Thi is such an interesting thinker. Gonna dig into his other work more.
Isn't most of this covered in black mirror already? Also - what we really need now is a good curriculum on how to assess happiness outside of values that are easy to measure and capture. Am I happy is a question I'm asking myself a lot. But there's no answer - because I think anyone who isn't in pain or material poverty can credibly be happy. So maybe happiness is relational and relative with no absolute way of measuring it.
Appreciate the read and note, Gawain!
Black Mirror definitely has episodes on this topic. I do find Nguyen's writing on it a better articulation (especially when he pulls in research from other fields).
Either way, I think multiple people presenting the idea in multiple mediums is fine. Each adds a different element or contour (on that note: Nguyen's full podcast interview with Ezra is very very good: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-philosophy-of-games-that-is-really-a-philosophy-of-life/id1548604447?i=1000552204773).
will definitely listen and thanks for exposing me to Nguyen - happy to find you as well.
thanks to tipping that podcast. I probably wouldn't have listened otherwise. Very thought provoking. Gives me some ideas.
Great piece Trung! Hopefully I'm giving you the external validation in the form of value that you need that aligns with your core curiosity lol.
Jay! Thanks for the note. This tipped me over!
Re: "Value capture"
TL:DR "When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure." aka Goodhart's Law
I totally fumbled by not including this!
No worries.
I forgot to say: great post. Thanks.
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