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Georg Ebner
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« on: October 20, 2018, 09:57:58 PM »

it sounds boring I think id want to kill myself lmao
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« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2018, 11:39:33 PM »


True.  Without death as some sort of "final end" in this universe, the impetus to do anything at all is erased because preferences are allowed to become time-inconsistent without it ever catching up to you.  Why would I do anything today when I can delay it forever without consequence?

Living in this world would be total hell. 

Also, as an economist I'll say that the idea of "post-scarcity" is complete bunk.  If you transported the average person from the year 1400 to today they'd think they had just arrived in some sort of post-scarcity environment.  The limits of human want are truly boundless. 

That’s such a weird outlook. I feel bad that you see life that way.

     I see it as more of a realistic outlook. There is a saying that "necessity is the mother of invention". While it is unfortunate that humans should hunger, suffer, and die, it is also this reality that encourages us to reach for the stars and work as hard as we can to do better. Without these factors shaping our world, life loses what makes it really enjoyable.
Yes, my motto mankind regarding:

Omnia expetere - nihil expectare.
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