Anyone who wants to believe that there is a chemical source of happiness needs to read “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley. In it, “soma” is the solution. Soma, sadly, does not create happiness, but rather a blissful separation from reality and sensation. It may erase the mundane, but it doesn’t eliminate it.
As a boomer, I believe as many classical thinkers did; namely that happiness can be found in the exercise of virtue. Do what is good and right, and you will find satisfaction and maybe even peace, joy, and love.
Anyone who wants to believe that there is a chemical source of happiness needs to read “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley. In it, “soma” is the solution. Soma, sadly, does not create happiness, but rather a blissful separation from reality and sensation. It may erase the mundane, but it doesn’t eliminate it.
As a boomer, I believe as many classical thinkers did; namely that happiness can be found in the exercise of virtue. Do what is good and right, and you will find satisfaction and maybe even peace, joy, and love.