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← Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue

17 connected korrents · 11 moments from 18 Aug 2011 to 2 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under happiness happiness Everything filed under family family Everything filed under CBT CBT Everything filed under demographics demographics Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1984–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good life rests on things that demand skill and effort from you, not on goods that arrive requiring none. — tap to centre the map on it A good life rests on things thatdemand skill and effort from you,not on goods that arrive requiringnone. Last stated 2 years ago 16 May 2024 LS L. M. Sacasas — holds since 2024-05-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good will seems to be the indispensable condition of even deserving happiness — tap to centre the map on it A good will seems to be theindispensable condition of evendeserving happiness IK Immanuel Kant — holds since c. 1785 — tap for who they are Same subject: A happy life is joy in the truth, which is joy in God — tap to centre the map on it A happy life is joy in the truth,which is joy in God AH Augustine of Hippo — holds since c. 396–400 CE — tap for who they are Same subject: A happy life must be judged over a complete life, not a single day or a short time — tap to centre the map on it A happy life must be judged over acomplete life, not a single day or ashort time AR Aristotle — holds since c. 367–322 BCE — tap for who they are Same subject: A happy life must be largely a quiet life, because true joy can live only in quiet — tap to centre the map on it A happy life must be largely a quietlife, because true joy can live onlyin quiet BR Bertrand Russell — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: A person's main concern is to see a meaning in life, not to gain pleasure or avoid pain — tap to centre the map on it A person's main concern is to see ameaning in life, not to gainpleasure or avoid pain VF Viktor Frankl — holds since c. 1962–1992 — tap for who they are Same subject: Ambition does not equate with happiness: in the Harvard aging cohort it was the people who lived average lives who reported being happiest. — tap to centre the map on it Ambition does not equate withhappiness: in the Harvard agingcohort it was the people who livedaverage lives who reported beinghappiest. Last stated a month ago 24 Aug 2026 MH Masud Husain — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: An athlete who moves his family across the country for a few million dollars more is trading a life that loves him for money that will not improve it. — tap to centre the map on it An athlete who moves his familyacross the country for a few milliondollars more is trading a life thatloves him for money that will notimprove it. Last stated 10 months ago 15 Dec 2025 ML Michael Lewis — holds since 2025-12-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followedexpected-value estimates would beone where nearly all of them helpeddistant strangers instead of thepeople around them, and that worldwould be worse. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives — tap to centre the map on it AI can have a significant positiveimpact on people's lives Last stated yesterday 2 Oct 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Evidence-based therapy" is a branding term rather than a scientific one, and in practice it is a code word for "not psychodynamic". — tap to centre the map on it "Evidence-based therapy" is abranding term rather than ascientific one, and in practice itis a code word for "notpsychodynamic". Last stated 13 years ago 2 Oct 2013 JS Jonathan Shedler — holds since 2013-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A therapy is only shown to be more effective if it is compared against another treatment intended to help, not against a control nobody expected to work. — tap to centre the map on it A therapy is only shown to be moreeffective if it is compared againstanother treatment intended to help,not against a control nobodyexpected to work. Last stated 2 years ago 11 Sept 2024 SM Scott D. Miller — holds since 2024-09-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Action comes before motivation: you do first and feel afterwards, not the other way round. — tap to centre the map on it Action comes before motivation: youdo first and feel afterwards, notthe other way round. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated a month ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it A religion cannot revive itself byencouraging its members to have morechildren. Last stated a month ago 24 Aug 2026 RB Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue Last stated c. 1984–1992 Holds Viktor Frankl Read this korrent →