[–] gopalv 3y ago ↗ > is having a well-calibrated sense of your future regretIf there's a single thing you learn from experience is how you feel when things go poorly.Regret seems to need some sort of hope that if you could go back in time, you could choose a different path purely by your own actions.That you believe that you are the person who drives your life forward.On the other hand, I've met a few fatalistic people who had zero regrets, relying on the future to be decided for them whatever their actions are.
[–] Ishmaeli 3y ago ↗ Reminds me of a study from several years ago which found that we tend to regret virtuous decisions more than indulgent ones over time:https://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/mygsb/faculty/research/pubfile...
[–] toto444 3y ago ↗ I came here to see if anyone discussed this quote : “The purpose of life is to experience things for which you will later experience nostalgia.”I can totally relate to it but it might be because I'm in a mid life crisis.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 26.2 ms ] threadIf there's a single thing you learn from experience is how you feel when things go poorly.
Regret seems to need some sort of hope that if you could go back in time, you could choose a different path purely by your own actions.
That you believe that you are the person who drives your life forward.
On the other hand, I've met a few fatalistic people who had zero regrets, relying on the future to be decided for them whatever their actions are.
https://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/mygsb/faculty/research/pubfile...
I can totally relate to it but it might be because I'm in a mid life crisis.