Are smart people even fulfilled ? How many smart people work on industries they can't wait to quit ? On problems they don't even care ?

I feel like everyone within 2-standard division of the IQ mean is still susceptible to the never-ending that being rich and having money is all that matters instead of, I don't know, supporting life on the only habitable planet we know.

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no_wizard 11 hours ago | parent [-]

It makes one wonder why we didn't and continue not to steer our systems to reward supporting life on the planet vs being a destructive force.

What drives us to this short term consumption model

	▲	amatecha 10 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What drives us to that model? Greedy rich people who want more and will exploit whoever they can to increase their material riches and power. Oh, and the rest of us allowing that.