(July 15, 2016 at 2:50 pm)Rhythm Wrote:(July 15, 2016 at 1:53 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I'm gonna say one of the arguably dumbest thing ever.
Is it possible that these great lifestyle improvements are a detriment to our ability to live a full life? With no struggle is no glory, nay? With no adversity is no pride of accomplishment?
Possible, but not likely. That we've seen vast lifestyle improvements hasn't changed the fact that we struggle, that we face adversity. The field changes, the games the same.
Actually, I think it's that we have such a strong instinct for adversity that we project onto non-adverse circumstances. I've seen people rage-- I mean fucking go off the handle-- because someone cut in line at Starbuck's, or left a shopping cart in the middle of the aisle and wandered away.
I don't think this kind of adversity will bring out the best in life, though. The need to develop technology to fight off or conquer that next city state, or to put food on the table, might. And interestingly, in most of history, Rand's ideas would have been largely a "no duh!" to the power class.
