In What Sense Is Life Suffering?
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The post 'In What Sense Is Life Suffering?' sparks a discussion on the frustrations of mundane tasks and the human experience, with commenters relating to the feeling of high activation energy required for routine activities.
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The steps are trivial, but the doing takes a high activation energy for some reason. Maybe because there are better ways, but doing those takes more effort than one can spare in the present.