223. Paul Bloom on the pleasures of suffering and the meaning of life
The Michael Shermer Show
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The Matrix
i believe that, as a species, human beings defined the reality through misery and suffering. So this idea of utopia or heaven, you know, bliss, is not the human condition. It's not a beautiful origin. And i think we are naturally suited for trouble, and a life that would be too easy, we just wouldn't thrive in it. I was watching avengers end game with my partner when an advert came on to tell us about 'the mati tory' The story goes like this: imagine you fell asleep one night, and then alw send, you'rein elucid dream where you can do whatever you want for i to ave 95 years.
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