Re:Why aren't smart people happier?
by NotTameAntelope on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @03:50PM
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What you're feeling is selfishness, not sociopathy, for what it's worth! I don't think a sociopath would wonder what you're wondering here, but I'm no expert.
Not just selfishness... I'd describe it as a healthy amount of selfishness, and the others he's mentioned probably don't have enough.
Re:Why aren't smart people happier?
by Sohcahtoa82 on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @08:18PM
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I think of selfishness and I think of taking deliberate actions to serve ones self at the detriment of others. Things like hoarding limited resources or taking a second slice of cake before everyone has had their first.
I will never forgive you, John. You denied me cake.
Re:Why aren't smart people happier?
by NotTameAntelope on Thursday August 11, 2022 @12:47PM
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So inaction can't ever be selfish?
I think some people have too much empathy to ever reach that point.
I have a few friends that literally broke out in tears when Russia began the invasion of Ukraine. They don't know a single person in Ukraine. Nothing about the war truly has an effect on their day-to-day lives. They don't even have investments that got clobbered.
Yet they shed tears over innocent civilian lives being lost.
These people have been on the verge of nervous breakdown ever since COVID hit.
Seeing people on such an extreme end makes me feel like I might be slightly sociopathic because I read the news and just think "Well that sucks" and then move on with my day, knowing it makes no difference to me and my life.