No big deal to answer this question. It’s only something we’ve been arguing about for thousands of years without any definite answer.

The problem with the question is the circumstance one finds themselves in. The Greeks were on the forefront of this question and had some great answers… if you overlook that their economy depended on
slavery. Which is probably what attracted so many people to Christianity; a very rigid and moral structure, but was open to all.

However, the precepts of that good life were dependent on a hope that Jesus would be returning soon. Within decades, not millennia.

Advertizing over the last hundred years suggested the good life can be commodified and bought. This led us all to chase a life we could never have, which sparked a backlash of people trying to find a new way.

Unfortunately, most get lost.

So how do we answer this question?

On an individual level, this is tough to answer because we’re currently facing some of the greatest problems we’ve ever had, with the issues being globally connected. The affects of the good life no longer stop at your own backyard, community or country.

In other words, this is no longer an individual question, but as individuals, we have the greatest influence on it.

That is, if we’re willing to work together.

And we actually know what we want.