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That's quite a work and protestant oriented point of view. > Yes. Dissatisfaction is the source of productivity, and that's all our bodies care about. If someo
by johnchristopher 10y ago
That's quite a work and protestant oriented point of view.
> Yes. Dissatisfaction is the source of productivity, and that's all our bodies care about. If someone were 100% satisfied with everything around them, there would be no reason for them to move or change anything.
No, because you could be 90% satisfied with everything around you and decide it's enough. Of course it doesn't hold for a definition of 'satisfied' that aligns with 'I consider it done/enough'.
- thinkloop 10y ago> That's quite a work and protestant oriented point of view. I think it might be the opposite - protestants find work to be noble, whereas I see it as evolution screwing us over for the sake of survival.
- ewzimm 10y agoOr you could be 100% satisfied with what's around you and still see a need for maintenance. Or you could be satisfied with the constant state of change things tend to be in and continue to contribute to that change. Or could see tendencies and desires in yourself as indications to continue to live as a human, to do human things, without attaching yourself to any specific outcome. Sitting still is one reaction to satisfaction, but far from the only one.
- xapata 10y agoNow you're quibbling about the definition of "satisfied".
- reflexive 10y ago> it doesn't hold for a definition of 'satisfied' that aligns with 'I consider it done/enough'. Which is literally what satisfied means (Latin satis "enough")
- johnchristopher 10y agoemphasis on `done`
- taneq 10y agoIf you're satisfied that 90% is enough, then you stop. Does that not qualify as 'done'?
- johnchristopher 10y agoI'd say it's not because `done` would mean 100% of your objectives are fulfilled.
- hillz 10y agoI think s/he means evolutionary speaking.