Frankfurt 2018

Happiness

Preparation

• Communal Meal
• Introduction Speech in Frankfurt Main 2018 by Martin Sawitzki
• Hot Seat
• Uplift by Andrew Eigel ◦ Human progress, from stone tools to space colonies

Light

• I Want To Hold Your Hand by The Beatles ◦ A silly love song
• Always Look on the Bright Side by Monty Python ◦ A silly song about making the best of terrible things
• How to Be Happy Based on an essay by Luke Muehlhauser
• Froh Zu Sein Bedarf Es Wenig by August Mühling ◦ It takes so little to be happy
• Happiness Letters
• Die Gedanken Sind Frei by Hoffmann von Fallersleben et. al. ◦ Thought is free

Twilight

• The Seventh Sally or How Trurl's Own Perfection Led to No Good by Stanislaw Lem
• Froh Dabei Zu Sein by Philipp Poisel ◦ A Celebration of Friendship
• The Raisin Meditation
• Song_About_Happiness_in_the_Moment [Not Available]
• Communal Meal

Eve

• The Demiurge's Older Brother by Scott Alexander
• Mad World by Gary Jules ◦ A lament of uncopeable insanity
• Der Gewitterabend by Georg Trakl
• Simulacrum ◦ Trying to blend in

Night

• This Too Shall Pass by Danny Schmidt ◦ Good or bad: it all goes fast
• Eulogy [Not Available]
• This Is a Dawn by Nate Soares
• Minute of Silence

Dawn

• Brighter Than Today by Raymond Arnold ◦ Our central anthem of hope, starting from the invention of fire
• Blackbird by The Beatles ◦ Encouragement to those who have been caged or wing-clipped
• Ms. Poppins

Morning

• Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles ◦ A light-hearted celebration of the sun
• What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong ◦ The world is awesome just the way it is

Afterwards

• Toasts Boasts and Oaths
• Feedback [Not Available]