A view that I feel I ought to share:
But I don’t think I do.
Archive for July 5th, 2007
… it’s so subjective what chance do government have of improving it?
What one person sees as a nerve-racking, horrible experience, others see as an opportunity or an adventure. Recently I have done a lot of things that scare me — actually cause me to lose sleep, worry a little (which is a new experience for me) and experience what I think some people call ’stress’.
But I am loving it. While it is, on the face of it, unpleasant, nothing really seriously good happens to you unless you take a chance.
If government tries to make people happier, if it starts to prioritise that above wealth creation, will they actually focus on happiness? Will they not instead accidentally concentrate on risk mitigation, harm avoidance and generally making life more dull.
People don’t want dull lives, they want eventful but safe lives that do not have too much sadness. Can government deliver that? Is it in their power?
No.
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