We Don’t Want Pleasure; We Just Want the Pain to End

Could it be that our culture of consumerism has it all wrong? Could it be that our ongoing pursuits of pleasure send us in the wrong direction? Do we want what we want or not? And, if not, does wanting the things we don’t want remove us further from what we actually want?

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00:00 - Intro
01:41 - Burning desire & consumerism
04:35 - We don't want what we want
07:54 - What is the solution?
10:14 - Epicureanism
11:59 - Intellectual pleasure
12:42 - Moderation

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