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Quite likely. I'm not trying to say that this phenomenon is a bad thing (neither is Becker, really), merely that it's a way to look at an individual's motivatio
by alexwestholm 16y ago
Quite likely. I'm not trying to say that this phenomenon is a bad thing (neither is Becker, really), merely that it's a way to look at an individual's motivations. If you accept the premise, then your conclusion is absolutely right. Becker's point, in fact, is that it's a driving force behind much of what we'd call progress and it affects, whether consciously or not, most of the significant decisions we make.
- jonhendry 16y agoThe implications on life extension are interesting. If people could live forever, would we just faff about? There's always tomorrow, after all.
- hnal943 16y agoReminds me of the HPLD Civilization from Lem's The Cyberaid: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberiad http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberiad