tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13306522.post113403576918618612..comments2023-11-02T01:44:50.012-07:00Comments on Adventures of BruteForce: Conservation of JoyBrute Forcehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10214183612902971524noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13306522.post-1134430825118149102005-12-12T15:40:00.000-08:002005-12-12T15:40:00.000-08:00Looks like we can learn from lessons from Bhutan:h...Looks like we can learn from lessons from Bhutan:<BR/>http://tinyurl.com/76qt9Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13306522.post-1134331027794052242005-12-11T11:57:00.000-08:002005-12-11T11:57:00.000-08:00http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051211/ap_on_hi_te/ha...http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051211/ap_on_hi_te/happy_news<BR/><BR/>Look - someone doing their part to increase the NJI.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13306522.post-1134130493824867112005-12-09T04:14:00.000-08:002005-12-09T04:14:00.000-08:00Haha. Ya, I suppose schadenfreude would result in...Haha. Ya, I suppose schadenfreude would result in a positive contribute to Net_Joy, but the misfortune experienced that led to the schadenfreude would have subtracted from it. The net effect, whether it was ultimately positive or negative, would be unknown without more information.<BR/><BR/>Chococat brings up an interesting angle... if she's right and the World Joy Index is inversely proportional to population, which of her two logical outcomes happens first?<BR/><BR/>My guess is that we reach a population crisis which forces our population down thereby lifting the WJI enough to prevent massive worldwide suicide and sadness related deaths.Brute Forcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10214183612902971524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13306522.post-1134113743162856682005-12-08T23:35:00.000-08:002005-12-08T23:35:00.000-08:00Aaah so then schadenfreude contributes to Net_Joy....Aaah so then schadenfreude contributes to Net_Joy...?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13306522.post-1134069737143892062005-12-08T11:22:00.000-08:002005-12-08T11:22:00.000-08:00hmm well, I'm thinking that the blanance in a life...hmm well, I'm thinking that the blanance in a life does tend towards sadness - so the WJI would go down as population goes up. This decreased WJI (I think) also affects the WJI negatively (people are definitely affected by world events, especially in this day of globalization) - so I think that World Joy Index is decreasing at a rate faster than the population is growing. I guess the question that I would pose (if all I'm wildly theorizing here is true) is - are we going to have a population crisis, or are we all going to kill ourselves?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13441809988487585009noreply@blogger.com