2,865
edits
Dopamine: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
mNo edit summary |
mNo edit summary |
||
| (One intermediate revision by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 37: | Line 37: | ||
|} | |} | ||
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 | 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 succinctly 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 hierarchically: | ||
* Pursuit of power. | * [[Representative|'''Pursuit of power''']] - like [[Curse of Sisyphus|Sisyphus]] perpetually rolling his boulder up a hill, there is no satiety in power acquisition. | ||
* Vanity | * '''Vanity''' - self confirmation, with lack of objective verification leads to narcissistic tendencies. | ||
* Rivalry | * '''Rivalry''' - a great many people will cheerfully face impoverishment if they can thereby secure complete ruin for their rivals. | ||
* '''Acquisitiveness''' - an excessive interest in acquiring money or material things. | * '''Acquisitiveness''' - an excessive interest in acquiring money or material things. | ||
The main issue with | The main issue with acquisitiveness, as demonstrated in many [[Oligopolies|games]], is that it centralises power and increases inequality. Furthermore, to the detriment of us all within a [[closed system]] such as our biosphere, without infinite resources and the absence of negative feedback loops these actions could [[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]]. | ||
'''Reference''' | '''Reference''' | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||