What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good life (2016)

Re:What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good... by golemotron on Saturday June 05, 2021 @06:27PM (#27408921)

> If they are not all bad or good are they all the same ( that is to say composed of equal number and value of good and bad parts) that seems unlikely to be the case and would need some theory other than just answering yes so I suppose we will say no.

Good and bad are time and culture specific. In 50 years, many things that we do everyday now will be "bad" and many things that we see as "bad" will be "good."

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Re:What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good... by irrational on Saturday June 05, 2021 @06:30PM (#27408935)

This is why the phrase “on the right side of history” is so stupid. It is literally impossible to know what is and is not on the right side of history until it actually is history.

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Re:What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good... by golemotron on Saturday June 05, 2021 @06:47PM (#27409043)

And even then... history takes a long time.

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Re:What the Aztecs can teach us about happiness and the good... by type0 on Saturday June 05, 2021 @09:14PM (#27409868)

There are no sides to history, winners write it.

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