Aren’t we keeping the search light a little bit to narrow here? Overgeneralizing a bit, I’m sensing most answers are seeking what to optimize for in life in the direction of individual effectiveness or something like that. Some other possible areas:
Quality of conversation. That would probably be a lot of fun, lead to a healthy marriage, good parenting, a focus on developing skills that give you access to interesting people, a good network, probably an above avarage pay.
The wellbeing of your community. That is a known predictor for life-satisfaction, which is one reason why active Christians tend to outperform atheists (like me) in happiness surveys. It would also lead to more win-win-transactions, and other possible good things to optimize in life.
These are not necessarily my answers—I don’t have one right now—but I feel they point in another, possibly fruitful direction.
Aren’t we keeping the search light a little bit to narrow here? Overgeneralizing a bit, I’m sensing most answers are seeking what to optimize for in life in the direction of individual effectiveness or something like that. Some other possible areas:
Quality of conversation. That would probably be a lot of fun, lead to a healthy marriage, good parenting, a focus on developing skills that give you access to interesting people, a good network, probably an above avarage pay.
The wellbeing of your community. That is a known predictor for life-satisfaction, which is one reason why active Christians tend to outperform atheists (like me) in happiness surveys. It would also lead to more win-win-transactions, and other possible good things to optimize in life.
These are not necessarily my answers—I don’t have one right now—but I feel they point in another, possibly fruitful direction.