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Originally Posted by MattyC
But I need my iPhone. And my iPad. And my 60 inch TV. And my 32 inch tv in my room. And my desk top. And each of those for my roommate/brother. And my bottled water.
How can I survive without these things!?!
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Haha oh man, are you sure you weren't camping with me this weekend? Had the exact same discussion around the fire. "We need more items". "Items that we move from place to place. Even when we don't need them". "Items we will only share with our immediate circle of friends and families".
Greed was an important aspect of human evolution. It drove innovation and created initiative. Now it's at the point where it's starting to hurt us more than benefit us.
This was my heavily intoxicated theory as to why we haven't seen any signs of an advanced civilization yet, despite the 14 billion years the universe has been around for them to evolve. Greed is a key factor in evolving into a civilized species but it's inherent flaw is that it cannot be turned off and thus causes every civilization to fail. Like a virus killing it's host.