Latimore: Happiness is a dynamic rate of change, not a static baseline
Ed Latimore · TKP Insights: Philosophy · Jul 4, 2023 · at 56:43
Author and former professional boxer Ed Latimore explains his philosophy of happiness to host Shane Parrish.
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“Happiness is not an average rate, man. It's a rate of change. You gotta go thinking in calculus again, right? If a person is sitting still, no matter where they're at, whether they have a bunch, let's use money. If a person has a bunch of money or no money, they just sit still and do nothing. In their life, they're going to be unhappy.”
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