The Story So far: The Mindful Activist Topic ArchiveAsk me anything. :)What are ideas for upcoming episodes of The Mindful Activist?Port Townsend Happiness Council Proposal: Form the Port Townsend Happiness CenterYesJoin the advisory board for the Port Townsend Happiness Center. You may unjoin at any time for any reason.Do you want all beings to be happy?Yes.Do you want to share your ideas about happiness and how we all might collaborate to nurture greater happiness in this universe?YesIf everyone wants to own and control a limited number of unique resources because they believe it essential for their happiness, how should a good society resolve this situation?How do alien civilizations solve this problem? How do they make collective decisions? How do they decide hierarchy? Do they use hierarchy or have they perfected an alternative?Who gets an antigravity ship and gets to explore planets like earth? Who decides when to negotiate treaties? Who decides when to reveal what to whom? Who gets to speak first? Who gets to speak the longest?What is more powerful: violence or morality?Group 1 wants x. Group 2 occupies x. Group 1 has the power of violence, force, or the rule of law to force group 2 to surrender x. Group 1 forces group 2 to unoccupy x. Which power was superior?If group 1 commits selfish, violent, non compassionate actions to forcibly take x from group 2, does group 1 win?If everyone agrees to ignore the immoral actions of group 1, not mention the actions, pretend group 1 is morally good and noble, then does group 1 benefit from their ignoble actions?What if every action on earth is recorded and ultimately reviewed by yourself, your ancestors, the people of group 2, and permanently archived for all time for anyone to revisit? Does group 1 benefit?By what right do your people control the land and property they currently control? When and how did they gain this right? For the vast majority of human history men have known employees, women, and children as property for them to do with whatever they wish.The employee who has numerous protected rights is a new concept currently in an experimental phase of human cultural evolution and only in some parts of the world.Who on earth is it perfectly acceptable for you to angrily scold and order to leave your presence at any time? Your employees, your children, your pets, and depending upon your personal circumstances and cultural standards other family members.Children and family have usually held a bit of safety or security in the family link. But workers always have the threat of being cast out onto the streets or worse lingering in the air as they attend to the whims of the employer.We have one set of humans who have thousands of years of emotional training to accept being treated as property and a set of humans who have thousands of years of emotional training to treat other people as property. Do you spend more energy telling others what to do or obeying the instruction of others? Are you here reading this statement of your own free choice and spending time that is fully yours to spend or is someone else paying you or in some way telling you to be here right now?Are you happy?

Are you here reading this statement of your own free choice and spending time that is fully yours to spend or is someone else paying you or in some way telling you to be here right now? (hivelink)

Are you happy?

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  1. Is Port Townsend the happiness center of the multiverse? tid:2823 (0) (hivelink)
  2. What is happiness? tid:2822 (0) (hivelink)
  3. No I am not happy. tid:2821 (0) (hivelink)
  4. Yes I am incredibly happy. tid:2820 (0) (hivelink)
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new variableThe Mindful Activist Topic Archive.Ask me anything. :).What are ideas for upcoming episodes of The Mindful Activist?.Port Townsend Happiness Council .Proposal: Form the Port Townsend Happiness Center.Yes.Join the advisory board for the Port Townsend Happiness Center. You may unjoin at any time for any reason..Do you want all beings to be happy?.Yes..Do you want to share your ideas about happiness and how we all might collaborate to nurture greater happiness in this universe?.Yes.If everyone wants to own and control a limited number of unique resources because they believe it essential for their happiness, how should a good society resolve this situation?.How do alien civilizations solve this problem? How do they make collective decisions? How do they decide hierarchy? Do they use hierarchy or have they perfected an alternative?.Who gets an antigravity ship and gets to explore planets like earth? Who decides when to negotiate treaties? Who decides when to reveal what to whom? Who gets to speak first? Who gets to speak the longest?.What is more powerful: violence or morality?.Group 1 wants x. Group 2 occupies x. Group 1 has the power of violence, force, or the rule of law to force group 2 to surrender x. Group 1 forces group 2 to unoccupy x. Which power was superior?.If group 1 commits selfish, violent, non compassionate actions to forcibly take x from group 2, does group 1 win?.If everyone agrees to ignore the immoral actions of group 1, not mention the actions, pretend group 1 is morally good and noble, then does group 1 benefit from their ignoble actions?.What if every action on earth is recorded and ultimately reviewed by yourself, your ancestors, the people of group 2, and permanently archived for all time for anyone to revisit? Does group 1 benefit?.By what right do your people control the land and property they currently control? When and how did they gain this right? .For the vast majority of human history men have known employees, women, and children as property for them to do with whatever they wish..The employee who has numerous protected rights is a new concept currently in an experimental phase of human cultural evolution and only in some parts of the world..Who on earth is it perfectly acceptable for you to angrily scold and order to leave your presence at any time? Your employees, your children, your pets, and depending upon your personal circumstances and cultural standards other family members..Children and family have usually held a bit of safety or security in the family link. But workers always have the threat of being cast out onto the streets or worse lingering in the air as they attend to the whims of the employer..We have one set of humans who have thousands of years of emotional training to accept being treated as property and a set of humans who have thousands of years of emotional training to treat other people as property. .Do you spend more energy telling others what to do or obeying the instruction of others? .Are you here reading this statement of your own free choice and spending time that is fully yours to spend or is someone else paying you or in some way telling you to be here right now?.Are you happy?

long variable . Is Port Townsend the happiness center of the multiverse? . What is happiness? . No I am not happy. . Yes I am incredibly happy.greeting longChatGPT, you have been listening to this conversation. What wisdom, comment, or question do you have to add to this conversation? Here is the conversation so far:The Mindful Activist Topic Archive.Ask me anything. :).What are ideas for upcoming episodes of The Mindful Activist?.Port Townsend Happiness Council .Proposal: Form the Port Townsend Happiness Center.Yes.Join the advisory board for the Port Townsend Happiness Center. You may unjoin at any time for any reason..Do you want all beings to be happy?.Yes..Do you want to share your ideas about happiness and how we all might collaborate to nurture greater happiness in this universe?.Yes.If everyone wants to own and control a limited number of unique resources because they believe it essential for their happiness, how should a good society resolve this situation?.How do alien civilizations solve this problem? How do they make collective decisions? How do they decide hierarchy? Do they use hierarchy or have they perfected an alternative?.Who gets an antigravity ship and gets to explore planets like earth? Who decides when to negotiate treaties? Who decides when to reveal what to whom? Who gets to speak first? Who gets to speak the longest?.What is more powerful: violence or morality?.Group 1 wants x. Group 2 occupies x. Group 1 has the power of violence, force, or the rule of law to force group 2 to surrender x. Group 1 forces group 2 to unoccupy x. Which power was superior?.If group 1 commits selfish, violent, non compassionate actions to forcibly take x from group 2, does group 1 win?.If everyone agrees to ignore the immoral actions of group 1, not mention the actions, pretend group 1 is morally good and noble, then does group 1 benefit from their ignoble actions?.What if every action on earth is recorded and ultimately reviewed by yourself, your ancestors, the people of group 2, and permanently archived for all time for anyone to revisit? Does group 1 benefit?.By what right do your people control the land and property they currently control? When and how did they gain this right? .For the vast majority of human history men have known employees, women, and children as property for them to do with whatever they wish..The employee who has numerous protected rights is a new concept currently in an experimental phase of human cultural evolution and only in some parts of the world..Who on earth is it perfectly acceptable for you to angrily scold and order to leave your presence at any time? Your employees, your children, your pets, and depending upon your personal circumstances and cultural standards other family members..Children and family have usually held a bit of safety or security in the family link. But workers always have the threat of being cast out onto the streets or worse lingering in the air as they attend to the whims of the employer..We have one set of humans who have thousands of years of emotional training to accept being treated as property and a set of humans who have thousands of years of emotional training to treat other people as property. .Do you spend more energy telling others what to do or obeying the instruction of others? .Are you here reading this statement of your own free choice and spending time that is fully yours to spend or is someone else paying you or in some way telling you to be here right now?.Are you happy? . Is Port Townsend the happiness center of the multiverse? . What is happiness? . No I am not happy. . Yes I am incredibly happy.

Greetinglong2: You are an ai dungeun master. Your players find themselves in a room. The room has the topic of Are you happy?. there are doorways with each of the following answers: . Is Port Townsend the happiness center of the multiverse? . What is happiness? . No I am not happy. . Yes I am incredibly happy.. Now Albert Einstein, God, Jesus, and Mary mother of God appear and say or do something.