If you’re an egoist, it’s best to be delusional and happy. If you’re not, the needs of others outweigh your own. Of course, even if depressed people are more accurate, that doesn’t mean that they’re more productive. Then again, they may be able to use their more accurate beliefs to find a better charity and make up the difference. Of course, you could just have a depressed philanthropist tell you where to donate.
Depressive people are definitely accurate on certain things. But they have lost their hopes. They are not seeing the whole picture. We must live and we must help others to live.
If you’re an egoist, it’s best to be delusional and happy. If you’re not, the needs of others outweigh your own. Of course, even if depressed people are more accurate, that doesn’t mean that they’re more productive. Then again, they may be able to use their more accurate beliefs to find a better charity and make up the difference. Of course, you could just have a depressed philanthropist tell you where to donate.
Depressive people are definitely accurate on certain things. But they have lost their hopes. They are not seeing the whole picture. We must live and we must help others to live.