The Meaning of Happiness: The Quest for Freedom of the Spirit — Ego & Alienation

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This episode explores The Meaning of Happiness: The Quest for Freedom of the Spirit in Modern Psychology and the Wisdom of the East by Alan Watts as a systems-level examination of how modern ego-centered psychology shapes perception, belief, and institutional outcomes.

Rather than isolating individual behavior or surface-level controversy, this analysis treats the work as a diagnostic of structural design — revealing how incentives rooted in rational control, moral legalism, and productivity culture generate chronic dissatisfaction and alienation.

By tracing design → incentives → outcomes → persistence → interconnection, the episode clarifies how modern psychological frameworks produce the “vicious circle” Watts describes — and how this system operates within broader industrial and technocratic structures.

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