Re:A world without work
by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @08:07PM
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As work becomes more and more abstract, probably fewer and fewer people will find satisfaction in it. Some will, but the majority will not. We're just not built for doing this sort of thing for extended periods of time. We've evolved operating in the real, physical world, and our reward mechanisms are fine tuned for it.
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Re:A world without work
by abandonliberty on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @08:25PM
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Our reward mechanisms are not tuned finely enough to prevent video games and porn from hijacking them :)
Re:A world without work
by icanhackit on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @09:55PM
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Our reward mechanisms are not tuned finely enough to prevent video games and porn from hijacking them
They're not hijacking the reward center so much as they've found that people like sex and winning (you could argue they're intertwined or one and the same). They are our primary motivators.
The problem is that what we call "work" these days is so abstract that we never actually complete a task and thus never get that juicy hit of AH, job well done. Nailed it! It's just Well there's more of that shit on its way... There's no winning - it's a race that drags on until you retire or die.
Re:A world without work
by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday June 23, 2015 @08:45PM
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Sure, but even that is temporary. You can't play video games forever.
Re:A world without work
by abandonliberty on Wednesday June 24, 2015 @01:54PM
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Many of us eventually figure out that the rewards are false. Then video games stop being enjoyable, so they start to rely on our social ties e.g. farmville.