Žižek on Happiness, Conformity and Being Interesting
Big Think · Commentary · 2 min · 2012 · YouTube title: Slavoj Žižek | Why Be Happy When You Could Be Interesting? | Big Think
Why it's here
HN shares it as a short, provocative counterpoint in threads on purpose, goals and the pursuit of happiness.
What it covers
A two-minute Big Think clip of Slavoj Zizek arguing that happiness is a conformist, even unethical goal. He asks why one would want to be happy when one could be interesting.