I think intelligence should be measured by how happy we are. In the end I figure a happy hippie might actually be smarter than a depressed lawyer, because he or she chooses to live the kind of life they want, not the kind of life society defines as being successful
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
you can boil that statement down to capitalism is a shit system and hurts everybody ;)
Hehe in the end I guess capitalism is like the relationship with woman, you can't live with them, can't live without them
nah you can definitely live without it. Society actually does better too
I would love to think so, but I haven't seen many non capitalist societies that functioned very well either. Ideally it might be better with a communist society but in practice it doesn't work so well either. Maybe decentralized block chain technology can make a new society that will be better. Lets hope so.
"Are you going to work today ?"
"Yes I will be on Steem from 9-5"
oh and here is the debunking anti-communism masterpost
https://www.reddit.com/r/communism/wiki/debunk
in practise it works better than capitalism ever has. It doesn't matter how much blockchain tech we have, the relationship of the workers to the means of production will not change.
Just because you can make money on steem doesn't mean everyone can, unless you want us to all starve that is.
Millions of people escape from communist countries ! How many people try to enter into a communist country? That said, as for the people who like Bolshevism there is no reasoning with them. Don't even try!
A philosophy based on happiness is insufficient because we are all going to sick and die. Being happy is nice but life will hit you in the face at one point or another. You need a mode of being that allows you to deal with the reality of suffering and to face it with courage. That kind of wisdom is beyond intelligence and mere happiness.
I think intelligence rather measures your ability to cope with difficult circumstances doesn't it? And how creative your response to them is... The importance of intelligence compared to happiness (which are different things in my opinion) is another thing to discuss. I don't think one needs the other. what do you think?
I suppose that's one way of looking at it
but i think happiness is happiness and intelligence is intelligence, even if both are very elusive to define
I guess the bottom line is that IQ is important, but it doesn't equal success and happiness, there are many different aspects that come into play that might be bigger factors influencing who and what we become
Obviously intelligence and happiness are two completely different things no doubt. I'm just trying to make a point. What's the point of high IQ if you choose a path in life that doesn't make you happy ? Why should we put so much emphasis on IQ, I think we should put the same or even more emphasis on EQ. But no one hardly mentions it. Still there is scientific research that shows EQ is many times more important than IQ for success.
The word success is very interesting because today we associate it directly with high salary and probably high IQ. I'm pretty sure this is the brain washing of society. In my opinion I high IQ is no use if you don't know how to think for yourself