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This list of problems really just sounds a lot like the goals of humanity at large for the last couple hundred thousand years. To have plenty, more than your n
by donatj 4y ago
This list of problems really just sounds a lot like the goals of humanity at large for the last couple hundred thousand years.
To have plenty, more than your neighbors, and enough that you don’t need to deal with other people (what hell is, to wit).
- h0l0cube 4y ago> and enough that you don’t need to deal with other people (what hell is, to wit) This is actually a new phenomenon. I'm not sure if it's just because I'm older, but I've literally grown to see this shift in mindset. There was a time when it was common to invite neighbors over for dinner, now more often than not, it seems like people want to have bigger fences and less interaction with their community. Meanwhile, all mental health indicators are going in the wrong direction in the developed world.
- Dalewyn 4y agoA lot of people, myself included, get tired of dealing with people as we get older. We have to deal with people for the majority of our lives, especially during our schooling and working years. Once we've accumulated enough to retire into the countryside with no need to give a fuck to anyone it becomes a very appealing change of scenery.
- kelipso 4y agoThe question is why a lot of people get "tired of dealing with people". Was that even a thing in most of history? Is there some subconcious cost-benefit analysis their brain is working out where solitary activities are more enjoyable for them? Probably. There's infinite entertainment at our fingertips these days.
- h0l0cube 4y agoAnd I’m saying this wasn’t always the case for the majority. It’s worth understanding how that came to be
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoIt’s funny because I grew up in the country and I have mostly worked alone. Now at 38 I’ve moved in to the city and I’m fascinated by how many interesting people there are here! I guess we just appreciate change and novelty over the course of our lives.
- TaylorAlexander 4y agoWait why do we need more than our neighbors to be happy? I mean, I don't believe that personally. It is also unachievable for humanity as a whole to all have more than our neighbors.
- euroderf 4y agoYeah, srsly. Just inserting the word "more" suddenly ties the comment to an entire discredited life philosophy of competitive acquisition.
- aylmao 4y agoTo quote from Martin Luther King Jr., during his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech: "We have learned to fly the air like birds and swim the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together as brothers"