It would be surprising to me if learning required suffering, but I agree that if it does then point (3) is less clear.
Good point! I rewrote it to clarify that there is less net suffering
Where I disagree with you the most is your statement “there’s not much to do if the future will ‘automatically’ be good.” Most obviously, we have the difficult (and perhaps impossible) task of ensuring the future exists at all (maxipok).
Thanks for the response!
It would be surprising to me if learning required suffering, but I agree that if it does then point (3) is less clear.
Good point! I rewrote it to clarify that there is less net suffering
Where I disagree with you the most is your statement “there’s not much to do if the future will ‘automatically’ be good.” Most obviously, we have the difficult (and perhaps impossible) task of ensuring the future exists at all (maxipok).