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"Number of clicks to get anywhere" seems like a useful metric. But over time I've come to think that what really counts is not the number of clicks it takes me to get to what I want(Although there are limits), but rather how hard each click is — the amount of thought required and the amount of uncertainty about whether I'm making the right choice.

A meaningful life can e extremely satisfying even in the midst of hardship, whereas a meaningless life is a terrible ordeal no matter how comfortable it is.

When things deteriorate, expectations shrink, and consequently, even a severe illness might leave you pretty much as happy as you were before.

Happiness does not really depend on objective conditions of either wealth, health or even community. Rather, it depends on the correlation between "objective conditions and subjective expectations".

If you want a brand new bullock-cart and get a bullock cart, you are content. If you want a brand-new Ferrari and get only a secon-hand Fiat you feel deprived.

Nirvana (the literal meaning of which is extinguishing the fire)

A person who does not crave cannot suffer.

Guatama developed a set of meditation techniques that train the mind to experience reality as it is, without carving. These practices train the mind to focus all it's attention on the question "What am I experiencing now?" rather than on "What would I rather be experiencing?" It is difficult to achieve this state of mind, but not impossible.

Gautama saw that men and women, children and old people, all suffer not just from occasional calamities such as war and plague, but also from anxiety, frustration, and discontent.

Yet no matter what they achieve, they are never content.

The first coins in history were struck around 640 bc by King Alyatees of Lydia, in western Anatolia.

Money is thus a universal medium of exchange that enables people to convert almost everything into almost anything else.

The chain of power within the species will also be determined by mental and social abilities more than by brute force.

Women are generally more resistant to hunger, disease, and fatigue than man.

Consistency is always a good thing, but there will be cases where things will be clearer if you make them slightly inconsistent.

If you make something significantly clearer by making it slightly inconsitent, choose in favor of clarity.

Definition of usability

Useful: Does it do something people need done?
Learnable: Can people figure out how to use it?
Memorable: Do they have to relearn it each time they use it?
Effective: Does it get the job done?
Efficient: Does it do it with a reasonable amount of time and effort?
Desirable: Do people want it?
Delightful: Is using it enjoyable, or even fun?