Epicurean solutions for our burning problems – Prof. Hossenfelder’s views (2): needs-based economy for more happiness

August 22, 2009 · Filed Under Epicurean Happiness Guidance, Epicurean solutions, happiness-boosters, sustainability · Comment 

Malte Hossenfelder sees Epicurus’s topicality in the first place in the fact that the economy propagated by Epicurus and practiced by his followers for 800 years was a needs-based economy. Practicing it today would eliminate two of the major problems we are facing:

 

 

a.The overexploitation of natural resources:

Epicurus’s taught that power, status and material wealth arte not relevant for a happy life. The Epicurean communities had been practicing the frugal, needs-based economical way of life they learned from Epicurus and were happy with it. They professed and practiced sustainability for 800 years. Living in a needs-based economy we wouldn’t have to worry about our natural resources or climate change. We could lead far more stressFREE and thus happier lives.
 

 

b. The social tensions between rich and poor

Tahe social tensions between rich and poor are at the heart of numerous conflicts and collisions that would disappear – or at least significantly decrease –  if people lived according to Epicurus’s teachings. Instead of producing more for the richer, we could share our resources with the poorer thus reducing antagonisms and thereby also stress.

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Good perspectives to practice stressFREEDOM in Germany

May 18, 2008 · Filed Under stress-FREEDOM · Comment 

The news: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer in Germany too:  roughly 25% of the population has to live at subsistence level:

http://de.news.yahoo.com/dpa2/20080518/twl-analyse-kluft-zwischen-arm-und-reich-210805f.html

The bad news: this segment of the population is continually increasing.

The good news: those who train and practice the exercises and attitudes recommended  and coached by  stressFREEDOMguide will continue to feel  stressFREE and  relaxed, calm and collected, cool-headed and detached, unperturbed and  imperturbable, nonchalant and possessed, unflappable and unruffled, yea, even  truly happy!

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