Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity

Re:Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity by metaphorm on Friday September 09, 2016 @01:22PM (#12464249)

well, that's not what you said. you said "Advancement over Happiness". I think most people would agree with "to be happy, don't struggle for it, just be".

Your original post, the one that seemed satirical to me, sounded like it was endorsing some notion of material accumulation at the expense of human fulfillment.

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Re:Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity by bhandziuk on Friday September 09, 2016 @02:16PM (#12464737)

I didn't get the impression that Advancement == material accumulation. Advancement could be making the world better, gaining knowledge, or maybe advancement to a depressed person is finding happiness. Pretty broad meaning. But the same could be said for happiness. Some people find happiness in gaining knowledge.

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Re:Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity by forthefuture on Friday September 09, 2016 @01:25PM (#12464285)

Oh, yeah I didn't mean it to sound that way. In that context I'd say that I believe that moving humanity forward provides more fulfillment than just being happy.

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Re:Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity by solipsism on Friday September 09, 2016 @03:50PM (#12465523)

Fulfillment is part of the definition of being happy! Stop this circular logic!

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Re:Costa Rica has gone 76 days using 100% renewable electricity by Newtopian on Friday September 09, 2016 @02:41PM (#12464943)

that's just it, ask 100 people what "advancement" and "Moving Humanity forward" and you'd likely get 100 different definitions. Same goes for hapiness.

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