Is It Better to Be a Human Being Dissatisfied Than a Pig Satisfied

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i suppose connected with that is also the idea of, if you're trying to be an educated person, to challenge yourself on what you might think would be defined as a successful life. Is there anything wrong with being a pig, enjoying sitting in the mud, eating a lot a, having a good life? Maybe youre a pet pig, even better, not get to be cut up for food, slaughtered. A is there nything wrong with that? It's part of coming, for me, it's part of becoming a grown up, a it’s part of being a fool. Reall lodge to in venn by clicking here.

What do crossing rivers and investing in stocks have in common? Real education is seeing the connection between things that seem very different. EconTalk's host Russ Roberts talks about education with Alex Aragona of the podcast, The Curious Task. Roberts argues that the ability to apply insights from one area to another with which we're unfamiliar is one of the ways that real education differs from the mere accumulation of knowledge. And when we combine insights from two areas into something completely new, we can not only navigate rivers and stock markets, but also scale the heights of the human experience.