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by klochner 5647 days ago
The presumption is that people like to be happy, which I believe is a tautology.
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Happiness doesn't necessarily come from climbing to the top. Some people find the whole ordeal to be rather nasty, for a variety of reasons.
You're free to define your own objective function, it doesn't have to be fame or monetary success.