Happiness is the aim of all human activity. So when someone discovers a way to instantly increase happiness, it behooves us to pay attention. Turns out we’ve had this recipe all along, just missed the boat on implementing it more comprehensively. Hopefully, our new health care system will take care of that for us–if the new procedure is covered, that is.

Apparently there is a new, unique and nearly painless process for altogether removing the soul, with all of its annoying sensibilities, and placing it in storage (or whatever). I have sometimes asserted that there are individuals I know who, it seems abundantly clear, have absolutely no soul. No baggage, no conscience, no core values, none of that inconvenient pith that gets in the way of what is expedient and, therefore, right. Mary Shelley’s progeny had this same kind of practical behavioral compass?but the process of getting there was painful and extremely brutal. I am relieved, therefore, to be able to report that a) I was not imagining things, and b) clients of this process will be able to immediately increase their happiness level exponentially.

Duuhhhh… If we’d have thought of this sooner, we wouldn’t be wasting all this time and effort over public policy, right vs. wrong, or other time-wasting activities. Ignore your history and you can wind up making a monstrous mistake.