Comments on: The Minutia of Day to Day Life http://malformedxmlelement.com/dev/68/the-minutia-of-day-to-day-life/ The Proxy to Disinformation Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:35:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Quest http://malformedxmlelement.com/dev/68/the-minutia-of-day-to-day-life/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Quest Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:42:33 +0000 http://malformedxmlelement.com/dev/?p=68#comment-12 To get what you want, you'd have to determine what you want, which is impossible. The best you could do is envision some sort of notion of what you want, which would inevitably be flawed. And that's assuming you want something at least somewhat defineable, such as a large quantity of money. Say you want something like "happiness", which then becomes utterly undefineable. It's quite easy to gain the physical equivalent of happiness, but most people will reply they want "long term happiness", and then we're back to a vague concept. Oh well, enough with the metaphyiscal ramblings. Your 2nd to last sentence sums it up. You either run the race or drop out, and if you're still running then just do the best you can. To get what you want, you’d have to determine what you want, which is impossible. The best you could do is envision some sort of notion of what you want, which would inevitably be flawed.

And that’s assuming you want something at least somewhat defineable, such as a large quantity of money. Say you want something like “happiness”, which then becomes utterly undefineable. It’s quite easy to gain the physical equivalent of happiness, but most people will reply they want “long term happiness”, and then we’re back to a vague concept.

Oh well, enough with the metaphyiscal ramblings.

Your 2nd to last sentence sums it up. You either run the race or drop out, and if you’re still running then just do the best you can.

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