234 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 26 Sep 2023 \ on: The Hidden Power of Suffering meta
I've been framing our social decay as an abundance of choice leading people to an existential limbo, but I hadn't considered struggle as the solution.
How do we reintroduce struggle?
The "Mouse Utopia" experiment is apparently a real thing: https://sciencehistory.org/stories/magazine/mouse-heaven-or-mouse-hell/
That abundance of choice is a factor. I think its a mistake to pick one cause of all ills. I suspect many factors.
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You're right, but it's more fun to try to find the largest cause.
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:)
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That link is "gold"
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There are also a lot of YouTube videos on the experiment:
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