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The conflict here is that humans are animals, and animals evolved to use the minimum amount of energy possible to satisfy their needs. Yes you can learn the re
by sfeng 10y ago
The conflict here is that humans are animals, and animals evolved to use the minimum amount of energy possible to satisfy their needs. Yes you can learn the reward of willfully working hard, but I'm not sure whether everyone, or even most people, will make that transition.
- noonespecial 10y agoIn a post scarcity world why would most people need to? The whole point is that technology is about to make it possible to satisfy everyone's needs with minimum human energy and instead of reveling in it, we seem to be planning to de facto kill all the extra people we used to need with poverty. If 3/4 of everyone wants to watch TV and take fun drugs and our society has the wealth to allow that to happen, hooray!
- snuxoll 10y agoHuman beings also waste energy on frivolous things, recreation is not generally a trait shared by most animals - yet humans spend a fair amount of time just doing nothing productive or required for our survival. The same is true for work, while many people are forced to take whatever job they can to survive - there's no reason they wouldn't choose to punch a clock because they enjoy it. I wouldn't mind working less, but I love what I do, I get a sense of pride and accomplishment out of it - if it weren't required for my survival I wouldn't suddenly stop.