There are animals that live in the deep ocean, so low that very little light permeates. These animals have been living here for so long that they have lost the ability to detect most colours. Even if they were moved into a new environment filled with the brightest hues, they have become so accustomed to their original state that they would not be able to enjoy it. In some ways, humans are like them. Our entire history as a species has been a struggle for existence. Every human is born into it and expects nothing else. So,ns take advantage of this situation and be optimally happy, or have we become so used to having to work that unhappiness is a necessary part of happiness?
I believe that humans need competition and strife to achieve fulfilment. Even in a world as described above, I think this essential component of human existence would need to be preserved. A mock economy of sorts where a credit system is used to reward good performance in curated competitive games or tasks is my idea of how this element could be preserved while allowing for maximum benefit to be reaped from the situation. These credits would act as a simple but effective motivational force that drives people to leave their beds in the morning rather than become complacent and ultimately unhappy.
Happiness is relative, what causes a poor person to be happy might seem trivial to a wealthy person, but their happiness is ultimately the same. Thus, there are no standards of living that can make people happy forever, eventually they will tire of them. The credit system could be tied to cosmetic items or symbols of status to stimulate competition further and create the necessary sources of envy and unhappiness in the environment. Essentially my idea for this world is to simulate the current economy to a close degree but make the cost of failure less life threatening and make the rewards of success generate less inequality.
I believe that humans need competition and strife to achieve fulfilment. Even in a world as described above, I think this essential component of human existence would need to be preserved. A mock economy of sorts where a credit system is used to reward good performance in curated competitive games or tasks is my idea of how this element could be preserved while allowing for maximum benefit to be reaped from the situation. These credits would act as a simple but effective motivational force that drives people to leave their beds in the morning rather than become complacent and ultimately unhappy.
Happiness is relative, what causes a poor person to be happy might seem trivial to a wealthy person, but their happiness is ultimately the same. Thus, there are no standards of living that can make people happy forever, eventually they will tire of them. The credit system could be tied to cosmetic items or symbols of status to stimulate competition further and create the necessary sources of envy and unhappiness in the environment. Essentially my idea for this world is to simulate the current economy to a close degree but make the cost of failure less life threatening and make the rewards of success generate less inequality.
(by Rishabh Bapat)
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