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Re:Is the Default Mode of the Brain to Suffer? by johnchristopher on Friday January 27, 2017 @02:26PM (#13501920)
That's quite a work and protestant oriented point of view.

> Yes. Dissatisfaction is the source of productivity, and that's all our bodies care about. If someone were 100% satisfied with everything around them, there would be no reason for them to move or change anything.

No, because you could be 90% satisfied with everything around you and decide it's enough. Of course it doesn't hold for a definition of 'satisfied' that aligns with 'I consider it done/enough'.

Re:Is the Default Mode of the Brain to Suffer? by thinkloop on Friday January 27, 2017 @02:33PM (#13501968)
> That's quite a work and protestant oriented point of view.

I think it might be the opposite - protestants find work to be noble, whereas I see it as evolution screwing us over for the sake of survival.

Re:Is the Default Mode of the Brain to Suffer? by reflexive on Friday January 27, 2017 @03:40PM (#13502469)
> it doesn't hold for a definition of 'satisfied' that aligns with 'I consider it done/enough'.

Which is literally what satisfied means (Latin satis "enough")

Re:Is the Default Mode of the Brain to Suffer? by johnchristopher on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:52PM (#13503028)
emphasis on `done`
Re:Is the Default Mode of the Brain to Suffer? by taneq on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:15AM (#13505826)
If you're satisfied that 90% is enough, then you stop. Does that not qualify as 'done'?
Re:Is the Default Mode of the Brain to Suffer? by johnchristopher on Saturday January 28, 2017 @06:21PM (#13510228)
I'd say it's not because `done` would mean 100% of your objectives are fulfilled.
Re:Is the Default Mode of the Brain to Suffer? by ewzimm on Friday January 27, 2017 @03:29PM (#13502368)
Or you could be 100% satisfied with what's around you and still see a need for maintenance. Or you could be satisfied with the constant state of change things tend to be in and continue to contribute to that change. Or could see tendencies and desires in yourself as indications to continue to live as a human, to do human things, without attaching yourself to any specific outcome. Sitting still is one reaction to satisfaction, but far from the only one.
Re:Is the Default Mode of the Brain to Suffer? by xapata on Friday January 27, 2017 @04:45PM (#13502973)
Now you're quibbling about the definition of "satisfied".
Re:Is the Default Mode of the Brain to Suffer? by hillz on Friday January 27, 2017 @03:59PM (#13502603)
I think s/he means evolutionary speaking.