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This is the only relevant question. And it leads right to the next one which is “what is a good life?”

But humans have a huge bias for action. I think generally doing less is better.



On the other hand, if a dead person can do it better than you can, it's not that much of an accomplishment.


I didn’t mean that you should strive to do as little as possible; rather that if you have 2 choices, do more or do less - then I would be biased towards doing less. Of course not always a realistic option


> I think generally doing less is better.

My sedentary lifestyle is responsible for my recurrent cellulitis infections.

Just saying.


You can probably find a million situations where doing less is terrible.

I think first step would be to define for yourself what doing less actually means - it could mean taking a walk instead of chasing dopamine -> doing less but you move more.

But whatever it’s a philosophical question and there aren’t any right or true answers


I got hit by a car while out for a run. Just saying.




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