Let’s say someone (today, given present technology) has the goal of achieving rational self-insight into one’s thinking processes and the goal of being happy. You have suggested (in conversation) such a person might find himself in an “unhappy valley” insofar as he is not perfectly rational. If someone today—using current hedonic/positive psychology—undertakes a program to be as happy as possible, what role would rational self-insight play in that program?
Let’s say someone (today, given present technology) has the goal of achieving rational self-insight into one’s thinking processes and the goal of being happy. You have suggested (in conversation) such a person might find himself in an “unhappy valley” insofar as he is not perfectly rational. If someone today—using current hedonic/positive psychology—undertakes a program to be as happy as possible, what role would rational self-insight play in that program?