On Saturday, May 17, 2003, at 05:34 PM, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
General anxiety disorder. Bah. People are stressed out, that's all - it's unlikely there is any organic cause that would have to be treated by drugs. So instead of trying to figure out how to make the society more human-friendly, just label the symptoms as a "disorder" and drug the affected humans back to the required level of happiness and productivity.
Why is there any need to "figure out how to make the society more human-friendly"? It's up to people to arrange their lives to maximize their own conditions. Those who choose not to are in deep shit. Regrettably for them, billions of them have done little to improve their lives, their governments, their situations, are fucked. I chose to save my money, invest in high technology, and I retired in 1986 when I was 34 years old. I've never worked another day at something I didn't want to do. Several billion people, including most in America and Europe, are fucked because of their choices. Suits me. Darwinism is nothing without enough dead bodies. --Tim May