“Being happy all the time would actually be a terrible way to live”
Agree
- Negative emotions serve important functions
- Constant happiness would be meaningless
- Sadness makes joy more profound
- Growth requires discomfort
- Emotional range makes us human
Disagree
- Suffering is inherently bad
- Contentment doesn't require unhappiness
- This romanticizes pain unnecessarily
- We'd still have challenges with happiness
- Baseline joy would be ideal
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