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Re:Why aren't smart people happier? by runjake on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @11:29AM (#32413607)
I think the truly smart, or perhaps wise people accept their understanding of reality as it is and don't attribute subjective human concepts like "injustice" to it.

Call it "optimistic nihilism", if you will.

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Re:Why aren't smart people happier? by conventionalcat on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @12:18PM (#32414462)
Note that there is no such thing as 'optimistic nihilism', though. People at Kurzgesagt probably thought of it as a novel thing, yet it is not. There is already a name for it, that is, existentialism.
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