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> How can life be good if it's not comfortable and easy ?

Do you have fun playing tic-tac-toe? The harder a game is the more rewarding it is to succeed at it. Some games are so hard they can crush you but if you manage to rise up again and eventually succeed then you will be stronger for the experience and happier.

One example of this is the game of regular jobs vs the game of startups. A regular job is easy and comfortable but few people are content and the ceiling of achievement is not that high.

A startup can make you have mental breakdowns but if you manage to eventually win you'll be much richer /respected than someone who played it safe.




> The harder a game is the more rewarding it is to succeed at it.

No it's not. I hate games that are too hard. Back in the day when cheat codes were still a thing I used to play most games in 'god mode' all the time.

Also, what do you define as 'success'. For me a comfortable and easy life is success.


Everyone hates games that are too hard, that is why people progress gradually and depending on each individual's ambition they will work harder to progress faster and play harder games as they progress.

Even if you're not ambitious you still don't play the simplest games possible, you still try to play games that are somewhat difficult.

The analogy for computer games cheats in real life are drugs / wireheading. If your goal is to just feel good regardless why not do heroin?


> Even if you're not ambitious you still don't play the simplest games possible, you still try to play games that are somewhat difficult.

Not really. I mainly play games for the story.

> If your goal is to just feel good regardless why not do heroin?

Because that also has negative consequences. If all it did was make you feel good, then sure.


I'm not talking about computer games or board games; life, jobs, interpersonal realtionships can all be modelled as games.

> Because that also has negative consequences

Well that's just your perspective, maybe someone might believe that 10 years of pure bliss is more worthwhile than 60 years of playing tic tac toe.

Everyone chooses which games they want to play and at which difficulty. I choose to play hard life games because my goal in life is to maximize my fitness and that of everyone around me. You might choose otherwise but you must make that choice consciously.




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