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Re:Good genes are nice, but joy is better by jtr1 on Friday November 03, 2023 @07:29PM (#38136402)
> plenty of poor people find a way to be at peace with what they have (and even strive to do better w/o being resentful) , have families, etc.

There is a definite floor to this definition of “poor” and a ton of people live below it.

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Re:Good genes are nice, but joy is better by kridsdale3 on Friday November 03, 2023 @07:45PM (#38136500)
That is true. It's also true that truly happy people live in places in Africa with actually the bare minimum calories, barely functioning shelter, and not the best prospects for medicine.
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Re:Good genes are nice, but joy is better by rqtwteye on Friday November 03, 2023 @08:29PM (#38136792)
How do you know they are truly happy? I am sure they wouldn't mind proper food, housing and medical care.
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Re:Good genes are nice, but joy is better by BurningFrog on Friday November 03, 2023 @09:20PM (#38137130)
Also note that until industrialism started 250 years ago, all of humanity lived is those conditions.

You and I would NOT be happy there, but they were probably as happy as we are on average.

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