Human happiness seems to be calibrated by whatever situation you consider to be your ordinary world. I traveled to Africa and visited a lot of people who's living conditions where less than ideal by my standards, but they where no more or less happy than I am, despite my (by western standards) better living conditions.
It reminds me of the quote by Bertrand Russell: "To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness."No doubt in a few hundred years people will wonder how we ever got along happily in the era we live in now. They may think it inconceivable that we could be happy under such circumstances.
Comments
Human happiness seems to be calibrated by whatever situation you consider to be your ordinary world. I traveled to Africa and visited a lot of people who's living conditions where less than ideal by my standards, but they where no more or less happy than I am, despite my (by western standards) better living conditions.
It reminds me of the quote by Bertrand Russell: "To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness."No doubt in a few hundred years people will wonder how we ever got along happily in the era we live in now. They may think it inconceivable that we could be happy under such circumstances.