I covered Health and Happiness as a virtue in an earlier post. I mentioned that some of the things that contributed to Happiness were proper diet, sufficient exercise, low stress and a social network. Early nomadic societies, and some modern small communities, are known as immediate return society, an immediate return on the quality of life. Civilized societies pride themselves on delayed gratification, focused on the quantities of life.
I’ve seen the studies relating education to delayed gratification, which only says to me just how misinformed educated folks can be. Delayed gratification typically comes at the expense of an immediate return on the quality of life. Naturally, it’s health and happiness that floats our boat, not how much we can accumulate.
