I took his meaning to be: it’s hard to figure out what causes what, but if X is associated with greater happiness and is easy to do, I might as well do X even though it might turn out it’s a consequence rather than a cause.
I took his meaning to be: it’s hard to figure out what causes what, but if X is associated with greater happiness and is easy to do, I might as well do X even though it might turn out it’s a consequence rather than a cause.