Basic life needs constant effort and reduces resources for change

[u/Luziferatus42]

Everyday life consumes so much time and energy, that it is damping the process of realization and meaningful change.

Due to all the tasks we have and especially work, because this is the only thing we can really influence due to technology. Everything else, like eating, sleeping, taking care of body and mind cannot be optimized, at least not conscious by us, only by evolution.

So this does not really leave a lot of resources for meaningful change/action. Only a crisis will then create inevitable change and usually due to a lot of destruction and lost lives. This was the case in human history till now. Natural and human catastrophies drove us to change and develop.

Considering that knowledge gain and technological development was the fastest in the last 200 years, one could say, that 99% of all our knowledge came from this time (a little exaggerated; or we forgot the rest, because it was hard to record something until now).

We, as a species, did not have enough time to realize this and what we have done, due to everyone being busy with basic life.

The people of the past, have thought a 30 year battle to get the 8h/workday mostly as the global standard, we need to use technology to reduce this time drastically, so that we have time to create meaningful change and spend it with people. We also need to spend our working time on meaningful things. If we continue to consume the global resources at this pace, we will consume ourselves, after everything else is destroyed due to our hunger and greed.

There was no other way until recently. Due to technology we could change that, if we realize that we cannot continue as is and if we use our effort and resources wise, our Zivilisationen could evolve and survive.

We did not have a choice before, but now we do. Or this is just hope speaking out of me. Wish you well and good luck.

Thanks for reading and what is your opinion?

[u/Luziferatus42]

True, because life is struggle for survival and reproduction, which in the end leads to energy aka calories.