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Fractalguy at 14:09, 23 December 2025

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	== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==		== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==
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	It is possible to become [[addicted]] to anything with the ability to bring [[happiness]]. This is especially true of [[spirituality]] and [[wellness]]. When you first start to choose a [[healthy]] lifestyle and focus on your [[well-being]], it makes you feel better, which is [[Salience\|salient]]. When you connect with a [[community]] on a deep level and feel like a part of an [[in-group]], it gives you a rush of positive [[emotions]]. It is very easy to become [[addicted]] to this [[feeling]] if there are not diverse alternative sources of [[reinforcement]].		It is possible to become [[addicted]] to anything with the ability to bring [[happiness]]. This is especially true of [[spirituality]] and [[wellness]]. When you first start to choose a [[healthy]] lifestyle and focus on your [[well-being]], it makes you feel better, which is [[Salience\|salient]]. When you connect with a [[community]] on a deep level and feel like a part of an [[in-group]], it gives you a rush of positive [[emotions]]. It is very easy to become [[addicted]] to this [[feeling]] if there are not diverse alternative sources of [[reinforcement]].

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	== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==		== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==
	It is possible to become [[addicted]] to anything with the ability to bring [[happiness]]. This is especially true of [[spirituality]] and [[wellness]]. When you first start to choose a [[healthy]] lifestyle and focus on your [[well-being]], it makes you feel better, which is [[Salience\|salient]]. When you connect with a [[community]] on a deep level and feel like a part of an [[in-group]], it gives you a rush of positive [[emotions]]. It is very easy to become [[addicted]] to this [[feeling]] if there are not diverse alternative sources of [[reinforcement]]. For example, [[wikipedia:Orthorexia_nervosa\|orthorexia]] is ~~an eating~~ disorder that results from an obsession with [[nutrition]]. Eating [[healthy]] is great. But obsessing over every single [[food]] choice to the point that other sources of [[happiness]] are neglected [[is bad]].		It is possible to become [[addicted]] to anything with the ability to bring [[happiness]]. This is especially true of [[spirituality]] and [[wellness]]. When you first start to choose a [[healthy]] lifestyle and focus on your [[well-being]], it makes you feel better, which is [[Salience\|salient]]. When you connect with a [[community]] on a deep level and feel like a part of an [[in-group]], it gives you a rush of positive [[emotions]]. It is very easy to become [[addicted]] to this [[feeling]] if there are not diverse alternative sources of [[reinforcement]].

			For example, [[wikipedia:Orthorexia_nervosa\|orthorexia]] is a disorder that results from an obsession with [[nutrition]] and wellness. Eating [[healthy]] is great. But obsessing over every single [[food]] choice to the point that other sources of [[happiness]] are neglected [[is bad]].

	The same is true of [[religion]]. If your [[spiritual]] practice prevents you from participating in the [[Joy\|joys]] of the [[secular]] world, you are not [[Enlightenment\|enlightened]], you are [[addicted]]. While [[addiction]] to [[ritual]] or [[philosophy]] may be less unhealthy than [[addiction]] to [[drugs]], it can be equally annoying to your fellow humans.		The same is true of [[religion]]. If your [[spiritual]] practice prevents you from participating in the [[Joy\|joys]] of the [[secular]] world, you are not [[Enlightenment\|enlightened]], you are [[addicted]]. While [[addiction]] to [[ritual]] or [[philosophy]] may be less unhealthy than [[addiction]] to [[drugs]], it can be equally annoying to your fellow humans.

Fractalguy at 10:21, 6 July 2025

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	== The Video Virtues of Moderation ==		== The Video Virtues of Moderation ==
	Every [[religion]] extolls the virtue of moderation so you might want to pay attention to what they are saying.{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE5vmOYU-zU\|\|center\|Taoist Master on the Philosophy of Moderation\|frame}}		Every [[religion]] extolls the virtue of moderation so you might want to pay [[attention]] to what they are saying.{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE5vmOYU-zU\|\|center\|Taoist Master on the Philosophy of Moderation\|frame}}
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	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a09klJ6k1nM\|\|center\|The Stoic Virtue of Moderation\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a09klJ6k1nM\|\|center\|The Stoic Virtue of Moderation\|frame}}
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	{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xgjtm4_M20\|\|center\|Billy Joel - Go to Extremes\|frame}}		{{#ev:youtube\|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xgjtm4_M20\|\|center\|Billy Joel - Go to Extremes\|frame}}

Fractalguy at 22:22, 8 February 2025

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	[[File:Moderation-in-everything-balance-yin-yang.jpg\|thumb\|Moderation in all things helps achieve [[Balance of power\|balance]]]]It has been a well-known moral imperative for at least 3000 years that moderation is the key to [[happiness and well-being]].<blockquote>''"Moderation in all things is the best policy."'' -Plautus, 250-184 bc; paraphrasing Hesiod, c. 700 bc</blockquote>Moderation allows for indulgence in the great pleasures of [[life]] like [[food]], [[sex]], [[money]], [[power]], [[drugs]] and [[alcohol]], while being aware of their potential for abuse and intentionally avoiding the [[temptation]] towards excess, [[addiction]], and other negative [[consequences]].		[[File:Moderation-in-everything-balance-yin-yang.jpg\|thumb\|Moderation in all things helps achieve [[Balance of power\|balance]]]]It has been a well-known moral imperative for at least 3000 years that moderation is the key to [[happiness and well-being]].<blockquote>''"Moderation in all things is the best policy."'' -[[wikipedia:Plautus\|Plautus]], 250-184 bc; paraphrasing [[wikipedia:Hesiod\|Hesiod]], c. 700 bc</blockquote>Moderation allows for indulgence in the great pleasures of [[life]] like [[food]], [[sex]], [[money]], [[power]], [[drugs]] and [[alcohol]], while being aware of their potential for abuse and intentionally avoiding the [[temptation]] towards excess, [[addiction]], and other negative [[consequences]].

	== Political Moderation ==		== Political Moderation ==

Fractalguy: /* Make it Easy to be Moderate */

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Make it Easy to be Moderate

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	[[Variety]] is not just the spice of life, it is also the key to moderation. It's hard to overdo it on any one thing if you do all the things!		[[Variety]] is not just the spice of life, it is also the key to moderation. It's hard to overdo it on any one thing if you do all the things!

	Using [[algorithms]] that don't optimize for [[outrage]] would make moderation of [[social media]] significantly easier.		Using [[algorithms]] that don't optimize for [[outrage]] would make moderation of [[social media]] significantly easier, in both senses of the [[Words\|word]].

	== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==		== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==

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	[[Variety]] is not just the spice of life, it is also the key to moderation. It's hard to overdo it on any one thing if you do all the things!		[[Variety]] is not just the spice of life, it is also the key to moderation. It's hard to overdo it on any one thing if you do all the things!

			Using [[algorithms]] that don't optimize for [[outrage]] would make moderation of [[social media]] significantly easier.

	== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==		== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==

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Content Moderation

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	Check the [[wiki]] page for the content moderation policy for this [[wiki]].		Check the [[wiki]] page for the content moderation policy for this [[wiki]].

			Hesiod may not have been thinking about [[social media]] when he said it, but moderation is the best policy here as well.

	== Make it Easy to be Moderate ==		== Make it Easy to be Moderate ==

Fractalguy at 14:47, 29 December 2024

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	[[File:Moderation-in-everything-balance-yin-yang.jpg\|thumb\|Moderation in all things helps achieve [[Balance of power\|balance]]]]It has been a well-known moral imperative for at least 3000 years that moderation is the key to [[happiness and well-being]].<blockquote>''"Moderation in all things is the best policy."'' -Plautus, 250-184 bc; paraphrasing Hesiod, c. 700 bc</blockquote>Moderation allows for indulgence in the great pleasures of [[life]] like [[food]], [[sex]], [[money]], [[power]], [[drugs]] and [[alcohol]], while being aware of their potential for abuse and intentionally avoiding the [[temptation]] towards excess,[[addiction]], and other negative [[consequences]].		[[File:Moderation-in-everything-balance-yin-yang.jpg\|thumb\|Moderation in all things helps achieve [[Balance of power\|balance]]]]It has been a well-known moral imperative for at least 3000 years that moderation is the key to [[happiness and well-being]].<blockquote>''"Moderation in all things is the best policy."'' -Plautus, 250-184 bc; paraphrasing Hesiod, c. 700 bc</blockquote>Moderation allows for indulgence in the great pleasures of [[life]] like [[food]], [[sex]], [[money]], [[power]], [[drugs]] and [[alcohol]], while being aware of their potential for abuse and intentionally avoiding the [[temptation]] towards excess, [[addiction]], and other negative [[consequences]].

	== Political Moderation ==		== Political Moderation ==

Fractalguy at 22:48, 17 December 2024

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	[[File:Moderation-in-everything-balance-yin-yang.jpg\|thumb\|Moderation in all things helps achieve [[Balance of power\|balance]]]]It has been a well-known moral imperative for at least 3000 years that moderation is the key to [[happiness and well-being]].<blockquote>''"Moderation in all things is the best policy."'' -Plautus, 250-184 bc; paraphrasing Hesiod, c. 700 bc</blockquote>Moderation allows for indulgence in the great pleasures of life like [[food]], [[sex]], [[money]], [[power]], [[drugs]] and [[alcohol]], while being aware of their potential for abuse and intentionally avoiding the [[temptation]] towards excess and [[~~addiction~~]].		[[File:Moderation-in-everything-balance-yin-yang.jpg\|thumb\|Moderation in all things helps achieve [[Balance of power\|balance]]]]It has been a well-known moral imperative for at least 3000 years that moderation is the key to [[happiness and well-being]].<blockquote>''"Moderation in all things is the best policy."'' -Plautus, 250-184 bc; paraphrasing Hesiod, c. 700 bc</blockquote>Moderation allows for indulgence in the great pleasures of [[life]] like [[food]], [[sex]], [[money]], [[power]], [[drugs]] and [[alcohol]], while being aware of their potential for abuse and intentionally avoiding the [[temptation]] towards excess,[[addiction]], and other negative [[consequences]].

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	== Make it Easy to be Moderate ==		== Make it Easy to be Moderate ==
	To achieve moderation, it is easier to create an [[environment]] that [[incentivizes]] it rather than relying on [[willpower]], which [[Free will\|doesn't really exist]].		To achieve moderation, it is easier to create an [[environment]] that [[incentivizes]] it rather than relying on [[willpower]], which [[Free will\|doesn't really exist]].

			[[Variety]] is not just the spice of life, it is also the key to moderation. It's hard to overdo it on any one thing if you do all the things!

	== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==		== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==

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	== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==		== Moderation in Everything Means Everything ==
	It is possible to become [[addicted]] to anything with the ability to bring [[happiness]]. This is especially true of [[spirituality]] and [[wellness]]. When you first start to choose a [[healthy]] lifestyle and focus on your [[well-being]], it makes you feel better, which is [[Salience\|salient]]. When you connect with a [[community]] on a deep level and feel like a part of an [[in-group]], it gives you a rush of positive [[emotions]].		It is possible to become [[addicted]] to anything with the ability to bring [[happiness]]. This is especially true of [[spirituality]] and [[wellness]]. When you first start to choose a [[healthy]] lifestyle and focus on your [[well-being]], it makes you feel better, which is [[Salience\|salient]]. When you connect with a [[community]] on a deep level and feel like a part of an [[in-group]], it gives you a rush of positive [[emotions]]. It is very easy to become [[addicted]] to this [[feeling]] if there are not diverse alternative sources of [[reinforcement]]. For example, [[wikipedia:Orthorexia_nervosa\|orthorexia]] is an eating disorder that results from an obsession with [[nutrition]]. Eating [[healthy]] is great. But obsessing over every single [[food]] choice to the point that other sources of [[happiness]] are neglected [[is bad]].

			The same is true of [[religion]]. If your [[spiritual]] practice prevents you from participating in the [[Joy\|joys]] of the [[secular]] world, you are not [[Enlightenment\|enlightened]], you are [[addicted]]. While [[addiction]] to [[ritual]] or [[philosophy]] may be less unhealthy than [[addiction]] to [[drugs]], it can be equally annoying to your fellow humans.

	== The Video Virtues of Moderation ==		== The Video Virtues of Moderation ==