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Re:Improving Ourselves to Death by jonnybgood on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @04:26AM (#18389500)
> Seeing that you helped make a world even a tiny bit better is a long-term satisfaction thing. "Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow we die" is fun in the moment, and definitely makes going through life much more pleasant. But - at least for me - it also seems incredibly empty.

Isn't the goal of making the world a tiny bit better about having more of the world be able to "eat, drink, and be merry"?

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Re:Improving Ourselves to Death by TeMPOraL on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @05:27AM (#18389788)
It definitely is!

When I say "it feels empty", I say that about my own feelings, and in the context of current world state. But I recognize that the ultimate goal is for more and more people to be able to just enjoy life.

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