A Theory of General Well-Being

Even optionality is not an end unto itself. Instead, the ultimate point of the exercise is to deliberately sacrifice our options. Aristotle's reasoning might have been a bit wonky, but he still arrived at the right conclusion. Flourishing really does require us to live a virtuous life: not because human beings have an intrinsic telos, but because w

THAT is the ultimate game we’re all playing all day every day. When we close the gap and choose to do the things that help us show up as the best version of ourselves, we feel a deep sense of joy.” “The ancient Greek and Stoic philosophers had a word for that as well. They called it eudaimonia.”