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I mention this because it's utterly overthrown my brain. IMO, the "duty" to make oneself an acceptably uniform component of the modern social system is one of the most powerful forces of destruction on the planet, and the sublimation of exceptional desires is part and parcel
There's something so insidious about the aesthetic of self-deprivation that's developing in the US and Europe — it bills itself as anti-selfishness, but the most selfish thing in the world is to insist that everyone else constrain themselves to wants that are acceptably meager
This isn't *only* personally destructive. Progress isn't... hard, exactly, but it requires a sort of nurtured obsession that we're currently discouraging in both kids and adults. It requires a lumpiness in both cognition and lifestyle that looks weird to the managerial hierarchy
A note on these "acceptably meager" wants — "billionaires shouldn't exist" is the motte. "You shouldn't have kids" is just one yield of the bailey. https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/11/03/all-in-all-another-brick-in-the-motte/ …
The criticisms of billionaires I see assume that happiness depends on relative wealth and social status rather than on absolute wealth and social status. That assumption strikes me as largely correct for most people. However, 1/2
Improved baseline minimums for comfort and respect keep people from actual violent revolution, even when the relative wealth disparity is increasingly high. Social and class mobility also help. Or at least that's what I hope. 2/2
We, as a society, need quite the opposite of trying to convince everyone that we should all want less. Accepting less is a great personal philosophy for personal satisfaction if you're into stoicism. But there's nothing more vibrant than a society that wants insatiably.
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