PJ_Eby comments on Emotional Involvement - Less Wrong
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I'm surprised you think that removing *negative* emotions would remove depth from life.
In my personal experience, eliminating negative emotional responses *increases* the depth of life experience, because of the richer opportunity to experience positive emotions in the same circumstance.
But we have those negative emotions for a reason (an evolutionary reason). Are you so sure you understand the mechanism that you're prepared to junk that piece entirely?