Is it Happy to Abandon Progressivism in Life?

• Continuation?: Is it happiness to affirm the current situation and aim for gradual progress?

• There seems to be progressivism in life

  • It’s like constantly running in life and pursuing one’s progress on some sort of evaluative axis.

• This situation where “progress” as a means to happiness has become the goal itself

  • The Pain of Turning Happiness Means into Ends

• I have this question/feeling like, if we could discard this notion, would life be more Happiness by Knowing What is Enough?

• But I don’t know how to discard it

  • If one were to retire completely from society, it might be easier, but as long as one is immersed in a society that values progress, it seems difficult(?)
  • Since I am fundamentally part of a community that shares the same ideology/beliefs, there seems to be a hurdle in abandoning this ideology as it would mean leaving the community.
    • Oh, this is what /tkgshn/ “Hell Stoic Village” disease refers to as “village”..?
      • It’s important to be able to leave (tkgshn)

• Well, maybe there’s no need to discard it all

  • It might be enough to recognize that progress is not the goal but a means
  • Also, controlling between a progressive mode and a non-progressive mode within oneself
    • The Means as an End in Itself, that kind of thinking
      • It seems good to have a mindset of controlling/utilizing the “progressive mode” as a means to achieve happiness that can only be obtained through progress
    • The ability to control this ON/OFF is incredibly important (blu3mo)
      • If you only immerse yourself in a stoic community, you might not be able to turn off the “progressive mode”
      • Well, that’s true, assuming you have hobbies, etc. (tkgshn)
  • I think this is everything (tkgshn)
    • Aligning one’s goals (short-term, regardless of medium or long-term) with the incentives of the environment is incredibly important, and if that ultimate alignment is off, there will be no progress
    • Whether you can do this as Techne is what I personally focus on the most as an entrepreneur
      • Ah~ (blu3mo)

• Alongside this, there seems to be a different point of discussion mixing in, like Although I was supposed to be driven by internal motivation, external evaluation somehow creeps in

  • The point of choosing progress voluntarily or being compelled by something else

• Is it similar to /tkgshn/ “Hell Stoic Village” disease?

  • Of course, it’s too obvious that progress does not equal happiness, so the original page doesn’t mention it (tkgshn)

• Personally, it seems related to Technology as a Means of Religious-Like Happiness

  • There might be commonalities between faith in progressivism about the world (Technology as a Means of Religious-Like Happiness) and faith in progressivism about individuals (this page)?
  • (I’m not sure about the original definition, but it refers to faith as baseless support)