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Not sure why building cities in the Utah desert matters today. The question is much broader, I think: without some of the 1960s hedonism, would we have had some
by RandomLensman 3y ago
Not sure why building cities in the Utah desert matters today. The question is much broader, I think: without some of the 1960s hedonism, would we have had some of effects of counterculture that manifested in tech? Would we have had more wars like Vietnam? How would society look like?
You can, of course, say you want a different society - but that is a different take, really.
- rayiner 3y agoI come from a poor country. I want people back home to act like the Mormons, not like people in San Francisco. And America exports its culture all around the world. Moreover, I don’t think a hedonistic, individualistic culture is prepared to tackle the challenges we face (like climate change) nor to take society to the next level.
- FredPret 3y agoI also came from a poor country that could use a big dose of Protestant work ethic. If you have $0, getting an extra million is the biggest of deals for your happiness. But once you are rich and you’ve got snowballing wealth, maybe a change of perspective is in order. You won’t find as much meaning in going from $5m to $10m as in 0-$1m for example. Not that laziness is the answer, but you need a new motivating principle.
- RandomLensman 3y agoThe 20th century had some large-scale "experiments" with non-individualistic society models - they were not pretty.