PS, FWIW, I did a whole book called 'Spent' (2009) analyzing runaway credentialism, careerism, & consumerism, and their baleful effects on our civilization.https://www.amazon.com/Spent-Sex-Evolution-Consumer-Behavior/dp/0143117238 …
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It seems to me like significant expansion of polyamory would make all of these things worse, honestly
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I take that concern seriously, and if I thought poly would make these problems worse, I wouldn't be trying to raise awareness of it. This is the key discussion my Quillette piece tried to provoke:https://quillette.com/2019/10/29/polyamory-is-growing-and-we-need-to-get-serious-about-it/ …
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People will only say that if it becomes socially desirable. We’re generally Panglossian about our circumstances. The narratives that we overlay on our lives are generally self-serving and flattering.
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Satiety is transient for good reason. I wouldn’t expect nirvana-like fulfilment to be adaptive.
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Wow this is prescient.
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The question is who is doing the programming, or are we all inadvertently programming each other? To what degree did this state of affairs evolve organically or accidentally from the collision/interaction of different groups/social trends?
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