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0 pointsbserge4y ago0 comments

That's a personal matter. Inside our brain we have two sides - the more primitive brain that just needs safety/food/reproduction/entertainment and the more advanced side that needs to plan and do stuff otherwise it questions it's existence.

People have a different balance of either, so some are happy with just living while others need to do something, anything beyond the basics.

Neither is wrong from a personal point of view - if it makes you happy/fulfilled, that's it.

From a societal perspective those whose primitive brain has more control are seen as useless, however.

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metalex4y ago

Maslow's hierarchy of needs :) I feel like having the food/water/shelter covered isn't enough - fortunate folks eventually hit the self-actualization point. Sounds like the author is now finding more meaning with starting a family (props to him).

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0 pointsbserge4y ago0 comments

People have a different balance of either, so some are happy with just living while others need to do something, anything beyond the basics.

Neither is wrong from a personal point of view - if it makes you happy/fulfilled, that's it.

From a societal perspective those whose primitive brain has more control are seen as useless, however.

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metalex4y ago

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