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@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ He nodded toward the panel he had just finished reading. "So you injected a ques
Tycho frowned. "I never got that about the *History*."
"We do not want people to be too happy because unlimited happiness is a happiness with no defense mechanisms." She poked him sharply in the side with a finger, making him wince and jerk his arm to guard himself better. "A purely happy society would feel that pain as agony and be unable to do anything about it. A society that is just anxious enough can enjoy security but also guard itself from further pain. It can be happy but also wish for more happiness."
"We do not want people to be too happy because unlimited happiness is a happiness with no defense mechanisms." She poked him sharply in the side with a finger, making him wince and jerk his arm to guard himself better. "A purely happy society would feel that pain as agony and be unable to do anything about it." She moved to jab him again, so he shifted his arm down quickly to cover his side. "A society that is just anxious enough can enjoy security but also guard itself from further pain. It can be happy but also wish for more happiness."
Rubbing at his side, he began to step down away from the scrolling wall of information. "If you say so. I don't see why it wouldn't be self-regulating, though."