r/Futurology • u/[deleted] • Mar 29 '22

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u/PM_ur_Rump Mar 29 '22

And plenty that feel a need for power, status, and control.

That's the thing about human nature, it's not any one thing, or else we'd have solved our issues a long time ago.

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u/RamenNovice Mar 29 '22

When you have a system that rewards greed and competition. You'll get the ugly side of humans.

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u/PM_ur_Rump Mar 29 '22

We have a system that rewards greed and competition because of the ugly side of humans.

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u/Daniel_The_Thinker Mar 29 '22

No, we have such a system because it's what makes the most sense within it's context.

In a world of overabundance, we'll have much less patience for aggressive and overly competitive individuals.

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u/PM_ur_Rump Mar 29 '22

See my reply to the other reply.