As I sit in a hotel lobby at 4:00 AM drinking awful coffee (story for another time), I’m reflecting on: If happiness from a boon or gain or accomplishment is just the loss of the pain of not having that gain, then maybe we can just short circuit that process and stop wanting the thing in the first place Of course, this is a well-studied idea1. But what gets me is: Is that what happiness is? Can I really be happy by removing desire (which, presumptively, prevents happiness by showing me a fu...
