My views have evolved since I wrote those posts so I don’t necessarily endorse everything in them anymore, but hopefully they are useful starting points. For what it’s worth, my view now is more akin to the traditional Buddhist view on suffering as described by the teaching on dependent origination.
Yes, Lukas’s post was what got me thinking about suffering in more detail and helped lead to the creation of those two posts. I think it’s linked from one or both of them.
I wrote two posts exploring suffering, both with plenty of links to more resources thinking about what we mean by “suffering”: “Is Feedback Suffering?” and “Suffering and Intractable Pain”.
My views have evolved since I wrote those posts so I don’t necessarily endorse everything in them anymore, but hopefully they are useful starting points. For what it’s worth, my view now is more akin to the traditional Buddhist view on suffering as described by the teaching on dependent origination.
Are you familiar with tranquilism, which is in part inspired by Buddhist views of wellbeing?
Yes, Lukas’s post was what got me thinking about suffering in more detail and helped lead to the creation of those two posts. I think it’s linked from one or both of them.