Humans have always had to stay home/work in order to take care of kids. In my opinion every person is born with instinct to be useful and fullfil some purpose beyond hedonism.
Is it hedonistic to be happy, to live a truly joyful life that you decided and not someone else?
I'm rather questioning the value system we have. It's better to be true to yourself than to invest in a false value system.
What defines a _useful_ purpose?
If you mean protecting what is worth protecting, such as our children, animals, biodiversity, planet then I would agree.
If it means researching and learning things about science, the universe or making art, I would also agree.
If it means owning items for the sake of it, if it means getting a promotion at the expense of who you truly are or want to be. If it means manufacturing more useless technology just for the sake of making money. If it means keeping up with the Joneses, focusing on increasing wealth. Then I would strongly disagree.
But this is just my personal value system, everyone else has their own, and each individual should be honestly and intentfully listening to themselves rather than trusting what society values.
Because frankly, the world is completely fucked.
We have destroyed the natural world and our environment because people want fast cars, 3 iPads, a new mobile phone every year, a zucchini wrapped in plastic, a business short business flight to London every 2 weeks and the American Dream.
hsbaut76|7 years ago
I'm rather questioning the value system we have. It's better to be true to yourself than to invest in a false value system.
What defines a _useful_ purpose?
If you mean protecting what is worth protecting, such as our children, animals, biodiversity, planet then I would agree.
If it means researching and learning things about science, the universe or making art, I would also agree.
If it means owning items for the sake of it, if it means getting a promotion at the expense of who you truly are or want to be. If it means manufacturing more useless technology just for the sake of making money. If it means keeping up with the Joneses, focusing on increasing wealth. Then I would strongly disagree.
But this is just my personal value system, everyone else has their own, and each individual should be honestly and intentfully listening to themselves rather than trusting what society values.
Because frankly, the world is completely fucked. We have destroyed the natural world and our environment because people want fast cars, 3 iPads, a new mobile phone every year, a zucchini wrapped in plastic, a business short business flight to London every 2 weeks and the American Dream.