Welcome to 2009, everybody!
2008 was a hell of a year. Wallstreet tanked, taxpayers gave billions of dollars out to the rich, and people all over the world are now worried about the future.
Over at Mister Misery, things in 2008 were decidedly quiet. This is a tiny, itty bitty blog. I don’t spend nearly as much time on it as I should. The reason I run this site is to learn more about pain and suffering. I’m an abolitionist, a transhumanist. I believe that a world of pleasure is possible, and to make that world a reality, I spend my time studying how to turn misery into happiness.
Alas, dear readers, I haven’t done a very good job so far. I’ve taken this site too seriously, so In 2009, I resolve to be less serious on this blog. I want to share all the craziest, juiciest, most interesting studies with you. I want to show you that a better way of living is possible, that happiness is within your reach, and that misery is nobody’s destiny. What I don’t want, is to be grim and serious. I don’t want to pander to academics, I don’t want this blog to be dull, and I don’t want to post anything that requires a thesaurus to read.
In the past, I had trouble writing for this site because I always felt the need to qualify whatever it was I was saying. This made my posts dull, grating affairs. Yes, if I don’t qualify things in my posts, they’ll be considerably less accurate — but also infinitely more readable and entertaining. When you qualify an argument, you’re asking people to connect the dots themselves when they’d rather have other people do it for them. In 2009, I resolve to take more stands, even if that means ignoring some opposing points of view.
Finally, this site has been rather lazy when it comes to post frequency. Once a week simply isn’t enough. Expect much more material in 2009. I’ll be traveling extensively throughout the year, and during my travels, I’ll be interviewing interesting people and posting about it on this site. I’ll also be producing a videos for this site about psychology, misery, depression, and the future of pleasure. It should make for a much richer blogging experience, and hopefully this site will go from being pretty damn weak to being incredible awesome.
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