some random thoughts

I think Freud's argument about religion makes a lot of sense that only religion can answer the question of the purpose of life. And I totally agree that life brings us too many pains, disappointments and impossible tasks. I told my friend once that if there is a future life I would rather be a tree or a stone, because life is so hard. She laughed and said "But you can eat so many delicious food!" Yes I agree with her that it is one benefit of being a human. Now I can argue with her that because of the suffering her pleasure principle is moderated to a level that can be achieved more easily.

I'm not religious but sometimes I feel Buddhism's viewpoints about human life are attractive. It says that we need to do good things and endure suffers in order to live better in the future life. The reason why we are suffering now in the human world is because we did not accumulate enough beneficence in the preexistence life. But I don't want to believe in (not sure what verb is appropriate to put here) any religion, maybe because I have not yet experienced the "ocean feeling."

People chase for happiness and avoid unhappiness, that is somehow correlated with Skinner's theory. I think the idea of death instinct is outside of Skinner's box? I'm not exactly sure what instinct is...Is it stored in the id??

And as as today's society are more civilized than before, I guess, does it mean our liberty and happiness are more restricited?