The Tyranny of Happiness

Many HN readers are chasing happiness through entrepreneuring. I thought this piece was relevant because it investigates the nature of happiness. The idea is that happiness is merely relief from things that make us unhappy. That is, there is nothing that makes us happy, there are only things that make us unhappy.

My view on this subject is that you can be happy by distracting yourself from the things that make you unhappy. I find being in The Zone (that place where you go when you concentrate on something and forget about everything else) to be a great example of such distraction. Unfortunately, it is difficult to get into and stay in The Zone.