RichardKennaway comments on Is love a good idea? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: RichardKennaway 22 February 2014 08:38:39AM *  2 points [-]

Better to be a human being dissatisfied than a pig satisfied.

-J.S. Mill

I'd go further than that. Better to be a human being dissatisfied than a human being satisfied.

Comment author: gothgirl420666 22 February 2014 05:03:37PM 1 point [-]

Huh?

Comment author: RichardKennaway 24 February 2014 08:53:48AM 1 point [-]

Pretty much what MathiasZaman said. Or to put it a few other ways: if you're satisfied, you're not trying hard enough; contentment is a sickness of the soul; a man's reach should exceed his grasp; etc.

Comment author: MathiasZaman 23 February 2014 01:56:57PM 1 point [-]

Since no-one else has tried to alleviate your confusion, I think that RichardKennaway sees perfect satisfaction as wireheading or something similar.