What Makes a Good Life? Lessons from the Longest Study on Happiness | Robert Waldinger | TED (www.youtube.com)

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That is, probably, the most important video I have ever seen. A 75 year scientific study that can be backed up with hard data. Successful relationships with family and friends is, by far, the most valuable things that we have.

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[-] remington@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

But it doesn’t help that I live in a conservative area that doesn’t have many intellectual or techy people. I will probably end up driving to a big city for a once or twice a month meeting.

Soon I will have to be doing the same. It's a little over an hour drive one way. Do you have any recommendations about how to find an interest group?

[-] untidy_configuration@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

There is a LUG and an Emacs group in a city 1 hr away from where I live. I've been on the LUG's mailing list for a while. I keep an eye out for blog posts from the Emacs meetup. I found out about these groups a long time ago.. not sure how. I used to work in that city.

You could watch the public library event calendar, or even create your own event at the public library and maybe start a new group with regular meetings. I hosted a Linux Installfest in a small town close to where I live. There wasn't a big enough turn out (only 2). Running the event in a bigger city would probably have been more successful.