• New research suggests there’s an alternate way to living a good life.
  • It isn’t focused on happiness or purpose, but rather it’s a life that’s ‘psychologically rich’.
  • A psychologically rich life is one characterized by ‘interesting experiences in which novelty and/or complexity are accompanied by profound changes in perspective’.
  • Studying abroad, for example, is one way that college students often introduce psychological richness into their lives.

Crucially, an experience doesn’t have to be fun in order to qualify as psychologically enriching. It might even be a hardship. Living through war or a natural disaster might make it hard to feel as though you’re living a particularly happy or purposeful life, but you can still come out of the experience with psychological richness. Or you might encounter less dramatic but nonetheless painful events: infertility, chronic illness, unemployment. Regardless of the specifics, you may experience suffering but still find value in how your experience shapes your understanding of yourself and the world around you.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/08/research-good-life-happy-meaningful//

 

SO — BECOMING A SLAVE TO FULFIL THE WHIMS AND DESIRES OF “THE ELITES” WOULD QUALIFY AS A PSYCHOLOGICALLY ENRICHED LIFE!!