Are Eskimos better off with their current lifestyle or their 100+ year ago lifestyle? Many stats indicate worse off: suicides, depression,
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alcoholism. Some may be better: life expectancy? Yet just about all Eskimo today would not choose to live by the old ways.
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And most back then would take the offer of modern life. So the choices all point one direction, and the metrics mostly point the other.
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I don't blame them for their choices, either. I'd choose modern life vs. freezing seal hunting, too--even knowing I'd most likely be happier
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on the ice. I'd take my chances that maybe I'd be one of the outliers better off with modern life.
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So we have a difficult (probably unanswerable) problem: do we go with what people say they want or with what we think is better for them?
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Gnon says: I don't give a shit about your satisfaction. Adapt or die. (Tech progress is your best hope)
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Happiness is Gnon's reward for being (presumptively) adapted to your environment
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