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Every negative loop, leads to a lower level which acts as a self controlling mechanisms to stop the process from going into perpetuity. However, there are some loops, which are unique to humans and their larger brains which do not have a self controlling mechanism, these were identified by Bertrand Russell<ref>'''Bertrand Russell Reveals the 4 Human Desires That Make Our World: Acquisitiveness, Rivalry, Vanity & Love of Power.'''https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1950/russell/lecture/</ref> as: | Every negative loop, leads to a lower level which acts as a self controlling mechanisms to stop the process from going into perpetuity. However, there are some loops, which are unique to humans and their larger brains which do not have a self controlling mechanism, these were identified by Bertrand Russell<ref>'''Bertrand Russell Reveals the 4 Human Desires That Make Our World: Acquisitiveness, Rivalry, Vanity & Love of Power.'''https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1950/russell/lecture/</ref> as operating hierchically as: | ||
* '''Acquisitiveness''' - an excessive interest in acquiring money or material things | * Pursuit of power. | ||
* Vanity | |||
* Rivalry | |||
* '''Acquisitiveness''' - an excessive interest in acquiring money or material things. | |||
The main issue with this, as demonstrated as an emergent feature in many [[Oligopolies|games]], is that within a [[closed system]] such as our biosphere without infinite resources and the absence of negative feedback loops it will [[Ecological crisis|destroy the planet]]. Therefore it should be our imperative as a society to officially recognize [[Hoarding excessive wealth is a mental illness|hoarding excessive wealth as a form of mental illness]]. | The main issue with this, as demonstrated as an emergent feature in many [[Oligopolies|games]], is that within a [[closed system]] such as our biosphere without infinite resources and the absence of negative feedback loops it will [[Ecological crisis|destroy the planet]]. Therefore it should be our imperative as a society to officially recognize [[Hoarding excessive wealth is a mental illness|hoarding excessive wealth as a form of mental illness]]. | ||