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> we'd free people up to pursue a̶r̶t̶s̶,̶ ̶p̶h̶i̶l̶o̶s̶o̶p̶h̶y̶,̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶s̶i̶m̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶i̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ mindless hedonism. Corrected. Positive state
by argonaut 13y ago
> we'd free people up to pursue a̶r̶t̶s̶,̶ ̶p̶h̶i̶l̶o̶s̶o̶p̶h̶y̶,̶ ̶o̶r̶ ̶e̶v̶e̶n̶ ̶s̶i̶m̶p̶l̶e̶ ̶l̶e̶i̶s̶u̶r̶e̶ mindless hedonism.
Corrected.
Positive statement, not normative as below might think.
- owenmarshall 13y ago> mindless hedonism. Ignoring the fact that this is a pretty offensive reduction to apply to most people, I'd ask: Does it really matter? And if so, why?
- deleted 13y ago[deleted]
- lostcolony 13y agoAnd this is the real question (not the rhetorical "why does everyone need to have a job?"). Can people adjust culturally to the idea that guaranteed income/wealth/whatever could be a good thing, and lead to a pursuit of creativity and innovation, not merely hedonistic, fleeting pleasures? I.e., can we as a society accept the possibility, and make it a reality, that a guaranteed income (in whatever form it takes), frees us from mindless grunt work and inspires us to pursue our dreams, or do we force those whose jobs have disappeared to suffer poverty because there is no 'need' for them?