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Philosophy
Rohit Majumdar • 4 cards
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Ingrid WALSH • 14 cards
Premièrement, un système de retraite vise à garantir le maintien du niveau de vie au passage à la retraite. À ce titre, le choix en France d’utiliser l’indexation prix pour équilibrer le système se traduit par une incertitude accrue. Au lieu de réduire les aléas économiques et démographiques, le système tend à en créer là où il n’en existe pas.
Antoine Bozio • Parlons retraite en 30 questions (French Edition)
Psychologists have long agreed that one of the greatest enemies of human happiness is ‘hedonic adaptation’ – the predictable and frustrating way in which any new source of pleasure we obtain, whether it’s as minor as a new piece of electronic gadgetry or as major as a marriage, swiftly gets relegated to the backdrop of our lives. We grow accustomed
... See moreOliver Burkeman • The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking
Philosophy
Heather • 4 cards
According to Aristotle, our reason for existence is to be happy, in the fullest sense of the word—what the Greeks called eudaimonia. Hedonic pleasure is not enough to reach a state of flourishing: we must also live a life of virtue, and use all of our capabilities to their fullest. To live without virtue is to fail to reach our true purpose—like a
... See moreRichard Meadows • Optionality: How to Survive and Thrive in a Volatile World
I know Hervé, a peaceful, laconic, thoughtful guy who lives each moment as if it could be his last and who’s always careful not to clutter up his life. Like Diogenes, he thinks it’s better to drink from his hands than from a cup. When he travels, he tears out the pages of his books as he reads them to lighten his load. A journalist with the news
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Ainsi, la loi du 28 décembre 2015 proposait une prise en charge de cette situation au travers de trois principes : − l’anticipation, qui doit permettre de repérer et de combattre les facteurs de risque de la perte d’autonomie ; − l’adaptation de toutes les politiques publiques au vieillissement (en particulier celles du logement, de l’urbanisme et
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