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#295 - Philosophy and the Good Life

Making Sense with Sam Harris - Subscriber Content

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The Importance of Choosing the Right Perspective

The idea that a rational person will go through life without regret, provided they don't meet any surprises is not true. Sometimes you commit yourself to doing things that you know you'll later regret. And what you should now wish you had done is something else. We can sometimes look back on things that at the time were mistakes, misfortunes failures, and quite reasonably think, I don't really regret now because this future case of bias is another instance where it's perfectly reasonable.

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