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What sorts of constraints in our daily lives feel blindingly obvious, in terms of wishing for a solution? I mean beyond true life-transition concerns like findi
by tunesmith 10y ago
What sorts of constraints in our daily lives feel blindingly obvious, in terms of wishing for a solution? I mean beyond true life-transition concerns like finding new housing or new jobs.
In the past, I'm sure a clothes-washing machine must have felt pretty obvious even if people weren't sure what it was. It's always been a pain to do laundry and there had to have been a wish for some sort of contraption to make it drastically easier, even before knowing what that contraption would be.
When I think of real constraints in daily life, I can only think of things like - the effort of transition from waking to working, commuting, perhaps the convenience of having nutritious food that improves your health, and... what else?
What sorts of things do you think of when you say, "I wish I could just snap my fingers and..."
- maxxxxx 10y agoThere are plenty - Folding laundry - Setting a table - Ironing shirts - Cleaning the house - Doing taxes -.....
- roymurdock 10y agoEating, exercising, sleeping. One day we'll look back on these activities as we look back on hand-washing clothing, drawing water from the town well, burning coal/wood for central heating, etc. The question is: what will "we" be at that point.
- FiatLuxDave 10y agoThink bigger. I truly feel that we won't be considered truly civilized as a species until some child has to ask their mother, "Mommy, what was pooping?". The child would then slowly grow more and more horrified as their mother explains what people had to do in their daily lives in the past. "Mommy, that's disgusting! How did people live like that?" We still have a very long way to go.