tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post6526524167472667686..comments2023-11-02T07:30:03.967-07:00Comments on Cassandra Does Tokyo: Pleasure Principles"Cassandra"http://www.blogger.com/profile/17412381249313151515noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-9503548295539613102012-01-17T14:17:06.934-08:002012-01-17T14:17:06.934-08:00Hedonism is a human problem, not a religious probl...Hedonism is a human problem, not a religious problem. I don't think a lack of religion begets hedonism.<br /><br />I like Alain de Botton's vision of Atheism 2.0. http://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_atheism_2_0.html<br /><br />I hope something like this will step in to fill the societal gaps left over as the popularity and impact of religion begins to fade.<br /><br />I know that Chris Jaynesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-27758199103310728192012-01-15T21:23:48.700-08:002012-01-15T21:23:48.700-08:00Amazing post. I was stunned silly reading it.
Hed...Amazing post. I was stunned silly reading it.<br /><br />Hedonism takes a lot of forms. I would describe the massive wealth spent by the U.S. on defense as hedonistic, for example. Countrywide also behaved hedonistic in issuing garbage mortgages and reselling them to wall street, while the people involved apparently remained utterly ignorant of an internal breakdown in risk assessment.<br /><br /Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-63619533056302150512012-01-15T16:12:41.488-08:002012-01-15T16:12:41.488-08:00Not so sure. Your examples of hedonism are at leas...Not so sure. Your examples of hedonism are at least as manifest in fairly religious USA as in far less religious societies. <br /><br />If hedonism is the result, then less religious societies (like Sweden, say, and perhaps Japan) should also be far more hedonistic than religious but otherwise comparable societies such as USA or Italy. At a quick glance I don't see that.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-56341275699599189452012-01-15T15:03:40.972-08:002012-01-15T15:03:40.972-08:00Excellent post. As a lucky 20-something who grew u...Excellent post. As a lucky 20-something who grew up with a relative abundance of wealth, but with a certain paucity of belief, I feel this void acutely. Perhaps the only high values that my peers and I know how to worship are money and status and obviously there is never enough of either to go around.<br /><br />I think that as you say, this feeling is not entirely new (my parents are the better Furtive Surfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03861958894530754722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-84878060474955025662012-01-15T12:49:33.633-08:002012-01-15T12:49:33.633-08:00As always, great observations on your part. This p...As always, great observations on your part. This post in particular rendered me psychologically speechless, alternately grasping at new thoughts, and reminding myself to breathe. I'll be thinking this one through for the better part of the day. Mr. Potok would be proud. Many thanks.Longhunterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07398255338299019070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18079728.post-47600976644157026912012-01-15T08:22:07.521-08:002012-01-15T08:22:07.521-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com