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and look at how much their egalitarian society achieved over the hundred thousand years that it has existed. inequality is how evolution works. something becom

and look at how much their egalitarian society achieved over the hundred thousand years that it has existed. inequality is how evolution works. something becomes better and dominates. then the next iteration comes, and the next. having a society that cares more about the distribution of wealth and power rather than its total sum is a dead end. as someone who likes achieving things i also find such a society just morally abhorrent.

lopmotr 8y ago
Yes. Having goals for the future is part of human nature. It's what motivates many people to get up each day. Perhaps these people's motivation to not be embarrassed overwhelmed that but it sounds like a more extrinsic goal to fit in rather than to do anything else that you want. There's also the question of what's the meaning of life? Is it be comfortable today and not care about future generations who may be disadvantaged by your passing nothing more down to them than you inherited yourself? I've met people who are happy with that but what about those who aren't? How do they cope with the pointlessness of it all? For some reason, your post is flagged even though it seems to be correct and reasonable. Are we not allowed to express ideas about other cultures on an article about other cultures?
CodeMage 8y ago
"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons." What I find much more morally abhorrent than Ju/'hoansi's extreme egalitarianism is our society's inequality, greed, corruption, sociopathic derision of the concept of greater good and short-sighted disregard for our future. If I were forced to choose between the extremes of living in an uninspired and underdeveloped society as described by Douglas Adams in my quote, or accepting this pathological glorification of rampant capitalism as the pinnacle of social evolution, I would rather choose to be a dolphin than human.

lopmotr 8y ago

Yes. Having goals for the future is part of human nature. It's what motivates many people to get up each day. Perhaps these people's motivation to not be embarrassed overwhelmed that but it sounds like a more extrinsic goal to fit in rather than to do anything else that you want. There's also the question of what's the meaning of life? Is it be comfortable today and not care about future generations who may be disadvantaged by your passing nothing more down to them than you inherited yourself? I've met people who are happy with that but what about those who aren't? How do they cope with the pointlessness of it all? For some reason, your post is flagged even though it seems to be correct and reasonable. Are we not allowed to express ideas about other cultures on an article about other cultures?

CodeMage 8y ago

"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on -- whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man -- for precisely the same reasons." What I find much more morally abhorrent than Ju/'hoansi's extreme egalitarianism is our society's inequality, greed, corruption, sociopathic derision of the concept of greater good and short-sighted disregard for our future. If I were forced to choose between the extremes of living in an uninspired and underdeveloped society as described by Douglas Adams in my quote, or accepting this pathological glorification of rampant capitalism as the pinnacle of social evolution, I would rather choose to be a dolphin than human.