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>This is a religious belief. Is it? >Also, you're equivocating between purpose and job. I'm saying once people have no work, they'll have to have something t
by JustSomeNobody 11y ago
>This is a religious belief.
Is it?
>Also, you're equivocating between purpose and job.
I'm saying once people have no work, they'll have to have something to do. They can't just stand around all day; it isn't healthy.
- a-priori 11y agoYes it is a religious belief. Whether you realize it or not, what you're describing is the Protestant work ethic imported into North American culture by Puritan settlers from Germanic regions of Europe and Scandinavia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant_work_ethic
- Artistry121 11y agoTo question 1 it is definitely not a well founded belief - evolutionarily humans in general have had the purpose of "eat, survive and copulate" - none of which will change in any near term worlds. There may be less to struggle against though.
- JustSomeNobody 11y agoSo, our natural state is to eat, sleep and screw? I just can't believe that. I just don't think we'd be where we are today, if that was it.
- HeyLaughingBoy 11y agoMine is!
- Artistry121 11y agoWell there is also socialization with a small to medium sized group - which still occurs - and some members of the species fight for status. But these are not universal traits - most humans simply want to survive and play safe.
- eli_gottlieb 11y agoWell quite a lot of us have other things we want to do, actually. People really do seem to oscillate too radically back-and-forth between the Human as Heroic Capitalist and the Human as Impulse-Driven Stereotype of an Animal (when in fact most mammals are quite a bit more complicated than "eat, sleep, screw").
- kazagistar 11y agoPretty sure those people who need something to do will find something to do, and those who are OK with idling will be fine too.