The Problem With Happiness

Tolstoy was not the only great writer to have confronted the idea that life is about happiness, an idea that in ancient philosophy was called Epicureanism and that, in some form, is always with us. The story’s narrator reports that he has posed the Brahmin’s question to many intelligent people but has discovered no one “willing to accept the bargain to become an imbecile in order to be content.” This “experience machine,” as Nozick calls it, would insure you would experience supreme happiness for the rest of your life.

Source: athenaeumreview.org