No, it's not destructive to social development because not only should you be able to do whatever makes you happy but by growing up and doing what makes you the happiest, it's going to attract people to you who have similar interests towards you. Assuming that hedonism is doing what makes you happy, if you're going to develop yourself by doing things you don't like to do then it's going to attract people who do the same thing and by then you'll be surrounded by people who do things you don't like to do and ultimately you will become destructive to yourself.
If you would like to become more philosophical however then let's say that something I enjoy doing is drugs (just an example given) and that I focus on my own happiness by taking drugs. Now I think it would be safe to assume that this would attract other people towards me who like to partake on recreational drug usage. Now would this be ultimately destructive towards myself? Yes, because harming your body by abusing substances is bad, therefore making this not only socially destructive but physically destructive as well. Now, let's say I like to draw and paint other than doing drugs (just another example given). I'm pretty sure that artists attract the attention of other artists and I've always found that creating art (of any kind really) is definitely a conversation starter and a good means of obtaining recognition and friendship. My point being is that this whole thing really depends on how you're practising hedonism.
If you grew up doing something you like, such as gardening for example, then you're going to make yourself happier and more knowledgeable on the subject which will make you be able to better relatable to people who are into said subject. Like if you grew up liking botany but got into culinary instead then you're not going to be able to converse about botany because you won't know anything about it.
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Everyone lives their lives totally different from each other and we all grew up in our own ways being taught to look at the world differently from one another. So what I think could be wrong, someone else could think is right, and neither one of us would really be right or wrong, it just means we think and take things totally differently.
I feel like that eventually we become bored with the things that we have once loved to do and eventually move on to different things. I feel like that sometimes when I aim at happiness I am ultimately unsatisfied and instead do other things to keep myself occupied and sane. This whole time I wanted to be a computer technician but now that I'm actually taking college courses it's just insanely boring to me and I want to do something else, but should I partake in something that I think will make me happier? Or should I stick to something that bores me just to (maybe) achieve ultimate happiness later down the road of life?
Wow, this is actually a major paradox. I need to give myself some time to reflect upon this.
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