A World Without Greed

[ehowton]

In my perfect world no one would fall prey to that most incomprehensible of motivators, greed (lobbyists would be shot on site). Every single one of us would then truly treat others selflessly with all our fighting might. Love would be forever, with everyone you've ever loved and lovers' lovers would share with you endless expressions of such.

Comments

a three fold utopian dream....

[thesweetestnote]

Absolutely, one of your best writings.

Re: a three fold utopian dream....

[ehowton]

Thank you.

[schpydurx]

Who pissed in your cheerios prompting this pontification of passive aggressive angst?

[ehowton]

I can find no supporting evidence of your claim in my text.

[schpydurx]

No, there isn't such evidence in your text. It's in the subtext.

See, I know you're a very mature person. I also know that you wouldn't take to outright bitching on your blog about something like religion. Instead, you would take the time to make this a teachable moment while at the same time venting your frustration by emphasizing what think is the correct way to behave.

Somehow, this post didn't strike me as you relaying idle thoughts you've had over the past couple of days. No, this post seemed reactionary to me. And trust me, if anyone knows reactionary, it's me.

[ehowton]

Well articulated. And the whole drawing me into your confidence thing by admitting your own shortcomings - very Clarice Starling.

While I appreciate, nay - even admit that your conclusion would support the sequence of events, I've been meaning to write a post on greed being the absolute root of all evil. This post however, actually started out with:

In my perfect world digital cameras would auto-upload to servers in the cloud, to be brought down again by those who's permissions allowed. Photoshop would be available on the iPod Touch everywhere, and a holographic screen for full-size interaction would unfold from the device which would be tactile-aware.

But as these things often do, it mutated. When I decided to pull that stanza out (as it remained throughout the first two drafts) I needed to replace it with something. And while you may still be right about something setting me off, I've since forgotten what that might be and was focusing on places where we dismiss greed as a motivator, and yet its entire infrastructure is

[celtmanx]

A perfect world would be a world without humans as humans are inherently imperfect.

[pgrtop]

As created.