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If the average human were allowed to achieve its most base preferences, we'd all be a half ton in weight, floating around in chairs, stupefied at some screen, j
by asdff 3y ago
If the average human were allowed to achieve its most base preferences, we'd all be a half ton in weight, floating around in chairs, stupefied at some screen, just as depicted in Wall-e.
- JohnFen 3y agoI actually don't think this is true at all. While there will always be a percentage of people who would prefer that, my observations are that most people don't. They tend to have interests that drive them to put time and effort into doing things, instead.
- ethbr1 3y agoIf I ever luck into wealth, I have a mad scientist social experiment I want to run. Advertise a job, with midling-but-not-exceptional pay, and try the following with a few hundred people. - They report at exactly 9:00 am - They bring nothing with them - They enter a featureless room - They sit at a featureless desk - They sit there for 8 hours - They have 30 minutes for lunch - They have access to a featureless bathroom - They leave at the end of the day - They get paid weekly The question is: how long would people willingly stay in that "job"? My hypothesis is that it's a bimodal distribution. Some set of people would be perfectly fine with it, indefinitely. Some people would go batshit insane and quit quickly.
- JohnFen 3y agoI wouldn't even consider such a job. For me, the worst possible job is one where I have nothing to do. I've had those, and they are a nightmare. I'd much rather be seriously overworked!
- another2another 3y agoAfter a week or two, they'd probably call Sherlock Holmes.