“Preserving suffering” sounds terrible, but if we believe in a common currency of value (utility), then I don’t think it’s necessarily insane to preserve some suffering. Is the frustration experienced learning something challenging ‘suffering’? Is it comparable to a dust speck in an eye?
Is the frustration experienced learning something challenging ‘suffering’?
I don’t know—I would say that some of what we call frustration in that situation is, yes. And, yes, it should be eliminated. (if) you can get the learning without the suffering, which I think you can, you should.
“Preserving suffering” sounds terrible, but if we believe in a common currency of value (utility), then I don’t think it’s necessarily insane to preserve some suffering. Is the frustration experienced learning something challenging ‘suffering’? Is it comparable to a dust speck in an eye?
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I don’t know—I would say that some of what we call frustration in that situation is, yes. And, yes, it should be eliminated. (if) you can get the learning without the suffering, which I think you can, you should.