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    Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 9 Jul 2019
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    Some weird analysis has led me to the conclusion that the natural opposite of hedonism is nostalgia. Wonder if anyone else has reached this conclusion via other arguments.

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      2. Stefano 👾‏ @StefanoZorzi 9 Jul 2019
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        Does this mean that to fight nostalgia you should like your present self more?

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      3. Venkatesh Rao‏ @vgr 9 Jul 2019
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        I don't know. The idea does not have much to say about that question.

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      2. lpr‏ @lpr 9 Jul 2019
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        Nostalgia - Past, at the cost of present & future. Hedonism - Present, at the cost of past & future. ??? - Future, at the cost of present and past. Probably too litle-dimensional, but fun.

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      3. Stuart Candy‏ @futuryst 9 Jul 2019
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        Hyperopia - excessive foresight https://futuryst.blogspot.com/2007/02/questioning-hyperopia.html … Aiglatson - yearning for the future https://aiglatsonforesight.com/aiglatson-definition/ …

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      1. David Alleyn‏ @AckKaero 9 Jul 2019
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        If we're thinking temporally, I can see the hedonism / nostalgia split: "living in the moment" vs "living in the past". But if consciousness itself is the metric, then hedonism = nostalgia: indulgence for a solipsistic purpose.

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      1. Sindhu Hari‏ @cambriandot 9 Jul 2019
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        Opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference (george bernard shaw) Opposite of pursuit of pleasure is indifference to future pleasures and pains. Leads to nostalgia as we have a tendency to form meaning in someway What is your analysis?

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      1. brennan‏ @letkma 9 Jul 2019
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        I think nostalgia is just hedonism that you don't have to exert energy on experiencing, since the sands of time already wore the memories smooth to hold; the distillation is passive and rose-coloured glasses are free

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      1. Sachin Benny‏ @SachinB91 9 Jul 2019
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        I think Its nostalgia that people are actually referring to when they talk about returning to a “child like state of curiosity and wonder”.

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      2. GwendolynHuot‏ @GwendolynHuot 9 Jul 2019
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        A wise and eternally-curious old Ukrainian woman I know said to me: "I have always found hedonism boring.I never understood what the hippies were doing." She said this after watching the movie "Spring Breakers" (!) at the cinema by herself.

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        Hedonism and nostalgia seem like they could be same sides of the same coin to me, now that you've said it. Both seem a bit boring and flat when viewed from the outside, when you're not caught in their thrall.

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