X-Message-Number: 7313 Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:50:53 -0500 From: michael rsikin <> Subject: life Bob Ettinger writes about what motivates us. He specifically identifies "the desire to feel good or feel better". One of the more important subsets of motivation deserves some amplification. When responding "very well thank you" to the question "how are you"..., may people really mean " the pain is less today'( as compared to "the pleasure is better"). Of course a reduction of todays pain ( no matter how good that is), may come at a price of tomorrows increased agony or reduced pleasure. The best strategies here are quite elusive..especially when we need to factor in uncertain actuarial estimates of remaining available feel good or feel bad time. Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=7313