Meliorism (How to Make Things Better)

Published: Aug. 15, 2021, 7 a.m.

There is an interesting philosophy about how to make things better called Meliorism. Yup. It just might...make your brain happy.

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  • Work Mentioned:
  • Pawelski, J. O. (2006, March). Mitigation and construction: Toward a balanced meliorism. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy. San Antonio, TX.
  • (Very Academic) Kahneman, D., & Tversky, A. (1979). Prospect theory: An analysis of decision under risk. Econometrica, 47, 263-291.
  • (Lay person-ish) Kahneman, D. (2011). Thinking, fast and slow. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
  • (PERMA) Seligman, Martin E. P. Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life. New York: Vintage Books, 2006
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