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August 15, 2021

Meliorism (How to Make Things Better)

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There is an interesting philosophy about how to make things better called Meliorism. Yup. It just might...make your brain happy.

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Work Mentioned:

Pawelski, J. O. (2006, March). Mitigation and construction: Toward a balanced meliorism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. San Antonio, TX.

(Very Academic) Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica, 47, 263-291.

(Lay person-ish) Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

(PERMA) Seligman, Martin E. P. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life. New York: Vintage Books, 2006

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