@St_Rev I think of "flourishing" as including at a minimum all the positive concepts on the list of human universals, e.g. music, magic...
-
-
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@St_Rev also the "spend 20 minutes talking to the person and be honest with yourself" test, that works right3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@St_Rev not a goal, not a binary, something like a glimmering semi-mirage of overlapping genuine indicators on a spectrum5 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing But if you think of movement toward a local optimum, there's nowhere to go further. "Flourishing" & "progress" linearize.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing Still reification. Is there any essence to flourishing *besides* lessness-of-concrete-harms?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@sarahdoingthing leaving aside essence: creativity & enjoyment, which do not seem to be “absence of harm”?2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Meaningness
@Meaningness@sarahdoingthing Hm. Good point, I concede the argument.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @St_Rev
@St_Rev@Meaningness oh come on, what value has creativity except by improving mental states of the creative & maybe others? ;)2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness I considered arguing that boredom is a form of essential neurological suffering, akin to hunger, but nah.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@St_Rev @Meaningness beauty and complexity as pac man pellets
-
-
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness yeah, once you see that it all comes crashing down.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
New conversation -
Loading seems to be taking a while.
Twitter may be over capacity or experiencing a momentary hiccup. Try again or visit Twitter Status for more information.