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I think the quote is interesting
and it triggered a TPOV for me, because of the fact that if
something doesn't make you successful, then it is useless, a
waste of time, and therefore not a good idea, because we
always have to be thinking about the economic benefits, cause
and effect, risk and reward, or utility and practicality of
everything we do, or do we.
Whatever happened to mindless
experience?
All of these quotes come from
"standards" @BS which are created normally by achievers in
some form, remember, avoiders can be great achievers... And we
all can achieve as means, even though it might be due to
intrinsic concern for our family, a need to organize,
investigate or gain approval, fyi.
I used to say my brother worked
harder at NOT working, than any person I knew, not a criticism
per se, but he loved his independence...and he would avoid any
commitment to regular work, so he could work when and on what
he wanted. He was fanatically passionless.
These quotes fail in my view, to
see the talent that most of us has, which is difficult to
monetize... And in the last 100 years, since we have become
free, for the most part from the lower levels of the hierarchy
of needs...we could then begin to pursue in leisure time, what
we wanted to be, do, have, become and contribute.
Taking in information is a
particular talent (INPUT in SF), and curiosity (Motive) and
they are exceedingly valuable to those who value them.
The danger to me in categorizing
things as "useless" are to fail to recognize what makes us
happy, even if it doesn't monetize well. Blank Slate NEEDS us
to think in these ways, to stay in constant striving mode, and
wanting mode, because the system starts to come apart when
people stop consuming. Afer all, it was conceived out of a
need for consumption.
These tensions between what appeals
to us intrinsically, and what we have to do extrinsically to
meet success requirements is a key place to start @F-L-O-W.
Now, the slippery slope will be
that some will claim that because someone values something,
that it is valuable.
And therefore, what I think will
occur with human 2.0 is that intrinsic value may replace
extrinsic value, and what might occur is that will move from
things, to not things.
This shift from extrinsic to
intrinsic will be something to watch in my view, as it
consumes significantly less energy in most cases...energy that
we produce naturally in our biochemical systems, and while
this is a different world...is it "useless" to read a book and
gain enjoyment from a good experience, even as it might be
vicarious?
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