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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 19 January 2010 07:14:22PM 6 points [-]

Can you have too much eudaimonia?

Comment author: thomblake 19 January 2010 07:28:09PM 3 points [-]

The usual story is that it's binary - at each moment, you either have it or you don't. It would explain why Aristotle thought most people would never get there.

Over time, I'm sure this could be expressed as trying to maximize something.

Comment author: cousin_it 19 January 2010 08:28:21PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, can f(x) be too equal to 3?

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