The Pursuit

Last night, I was reminded of this clip from Slavoj Žižek where he discusses the futility of happiness. To summarize, he says that happiness is an "unethical category" because people think they want it but are actually more driven to objects of desire and longing. More than that, when people are in moments of inspiration, they do not find happiness there; usually, they are willing to suffer for the sake of actualizing that inspiration. He brought up America's Declaration of Independence and h...