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user-inactivated · 4107 days ago · link · · parent · post: Hubksi, what is the most important life lesson that you have learned?
1. Expect the worst, but hope for the best. 2. You only have one life, so don't waste it. 3. Treat others as you wish to be treated. (<not a life lesson, but sorta my personal philosophy (I feel like all ethical situations are covered under this, and with situations like the trolley scenario, then utilitarianism is what I go for)). If #2 sounds like YOLO, that's sorta because it is, but unlike YOLO, my emphasis is not that I only live once and "why not", but I only live once so I shouldn't do something stupid. So I ought to do actions that maximize my happiness because only live once, and I ought to do actions that maximize my lifetime so I can keep up my doing things that maximize my happiness. If that makes sense.