Nietzsche also criticizes eudemonism (or hedonism), which holds that pleasure should be valued above all else. According to him, this oversimplifies human nature and fails to account for the complexity and moral ambiguity inherent in human life. Instead, Nietzsche emphasizes self-mastery as the key factor for achieving a good life; he believes that people must strive for excellence through hard work and discipline if they wish to achieve true happiness.

In The Matrix (1999), Neo learns from Morpheus what many viewers already suspected: his entire life up until then had been an illusion created by machines who used humans as energy sources. Everywhere Neo had believed himself to be—the familiar surroundings at home or at work—were mere simulations designed to keep him contented while his body was being used as an energy source elsewhere in a virtual world known as “the Matrix”. In other words, Neo discovers that everything he believed was real was actually a lie constructed artificially within a computer simulation program run by intelligent machines called Agents Smiths – with only Morpheus revealing the hidden secret about reality itself when he offered Neo two options – either take red pill or blue pill? By taking red pill instead of blue one (which would return him back into his illusory dreamworld) Neopursuedhis quest for knowledge about reality despite considerable risks – although it came with certain costs including abilityto experience pleasurable sensations associatedwith simulatedrealitylike sharingbirthdayswith family & friends etc.. In short – movie suggeststhat knowledgetrueand facingtruthis preferableratherthanlivinga lie– evenifit comesatcostofcertainpleasuresassociatedwithillausionarydreamworldofMatrixcreatedbymachines&agentssmiths