The Secret of Happiness
If you've never seen the TEDtalks, I'd suggest searching for them on iTunes. Interesting free talks from some very smart people. From a talk by philosopher Dan Dennett that I watched yesterday:
The Secret of Happiness:
Find something more important than you are and dedicate your life to it.
Labels: inspiration, TED
posted by James at 23:16
2 Comments:
This is so true, it made me smile because I once had a job that was exactly that.
I'm skeptical. I don't know if "importance" makes sense apart from the subjective disposition of the believer. This should be rephrased to "more important to you" rather than "more important than you." The latter implies transcending ones subjectivity which, I believe, is beyond our human limits. just some thoughts...
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