# Bad Bad is that which disrupts the health of a being. ## Meaning Bad is relational: bad for a [[Being|being]]. Bad does not only mean unpleasant, difficult, or painful. Something can feel good in the moment and still be bad if it disrupts [[Health|health]] over the relevant time horizon. Action evaluation helps test whether something is bad across the relevant dimension and time horizon. ## Source Of Meaning This note is grounded in the Joe-Codex ontology conversation from 2026-06-19, where Joe connected bad with disrupting the health of a being. ## Relationship Over Time This note should improve through real decisions where short-term feeling and long-term health separate. ## Links - [[Being Unwell]] - [[Good]] - [[Health]] - [[Unhealthy]] - [[Well-being]] - [[Well-being Decision Check]] - [[Source Of Meaning]] ## Tensions Bad can be confused with painful, inconvenient, socially disapproved, morally disapproved, or unwanted. ## Question What is this bad for?