Human Desires
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
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2 statements about Human Desires, every show
Human desires historically expand faster than our ability to fulfill them
“I think that the entire trend of human existence has been that our desires grow faster than our ability to fulfill them.”
Irvine: Humans continually raise standards upon acquiring desires, chasing happiness like mirages
“Once we get something, we just raise our standard. We say, okay, okay, I've got all that. And that's nice, but you know, if I only had, and then you fill in the blank however you want, then at last I would live happily ever after. So we're like we're like thir…”