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To: Charles Tutt who wrote (49267)5/28/2002 12:07:18 PM
From: QwikSand  Read Replies (3) of 64865
 
I think it would mean about the same today as then.

In the '60's, I would have read it not as a straightforward equation, but rather as a vaguely Zen exhortation to adjust the expectations term to zero; i.e. to realize that happiness equals reality and expectations are pointless. The Buddha said human suffering is identical with desire.

That advice (which I strongly believe was the intent of whoever wrote it in the '60s) would not be well-received by Gordon Gecko and the "greed is good" crowd. If greed is good, expectations can't be bad.

--QS
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