Propelled: How Boredom, Frustration, and Anticipation Lead Us to the Good Life

Many of our endeavors — be it personal or communal, technological or artistic — aim at eradicating all traces of dissatisfaction from our daily lives. They seek to cure us of our discontent in order to deliver us a fuller and flourishing existence. But what if ubiquitous pleasure and instant fulfilment make our lives worse, not better? What if discontent isn't an obstacle to the good life but one of its essential ingredients? In Propelled, Andreas Elpidorou makes a lively case for the value...