The Minutes of David Friedberg on society https://minutesof.com/david-friedberg/on/society/ Everything David Friedberg has said on society: 2 verbatim quotes from September 2020, each with a timestamp and a link to the recording it came from. en Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:02:48 +0000 Friedberg argues happiness comes from relative standards and progression, not absolute living standards. https://minutesof.com/q/67b3162b-05a7-4a3f-82e9-21fd415f5a7d/ https://minutesof.com/q/67b3162b-05a7-4a3f-82e9-21fd415f5a7d/ “Well, I don't think happiness comes from, you know, absolute standards of living. I think happiness arises from one's relative standard of living, whether that's relative to how you lived last year or how you're living relative to your neighbor and seeing some progression over time is the only thing that keeps people happy. It's otherwise society decays.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 19 Sep 2020 04:41:45 +0000 society Friedberg argues COVID behavioral changes will persist like post-9/11 TSA security measures that remain twenty https://minutesof.com/q/144d6e82-fec9-4cca-8886-cbd043f300ee/ https://minutesof.com/q/144d6e82-fec9-4cca-8886-cbd043f300ee/ “We go sit in TSA lines and, you know, get our asses swabbed when we get on an airplane now, And that's still going on twenty years later.” — All-In Podcast Sat, 19 Sep 2020 04:41:45 +0000 society