> I dream of a world where people are free to act as they want without fear. I think, though, that it is already here. We need only have the confidence to dance and play and jump and sing and talk with others. You don’t need alcohol to be social — you don’t need any of it. It was in you all along.
Is it really the playing and singing that people aren't doing enough of? If anything, I suspect deep down most people aspire to work hard and make the most out of their lives, but are prevented from doing so by both inherent laziness and the cultural expectation to 'have fun'. Does the average Harvard student regret not dancing enough on Saturdays or do they regret not working harder on Saturday night to give them a chance to be like Mark Zuckerberg?
Going out every night and partying it up is easy. There's probably some people who genuinely wish they could do it without alcohol but overall the supply likely meets the demand. The exact opposite is hard: getting up at 6am every single day and then not wasting a single second of your life on something that doesn't produce fruits in the long term.
Maybe what we really need is more Adderall and less alcohol.
I wish the world worked this way. I suspect that the problem is we don't trust each other.
The social rituals and rules give people a framework for how to engage with each other. They basically signal that people are part of an ingroup. If you violate the rules people assume you're not part of the ingroup and therefore can't be trusted.
> I dream of a world where people are free to act as they want without fear. I think, though, that it is already here. We need only have the confidence to dance and play and jump and sing and talk with others. You don’t need alcohol to be social — you don’t need any of it. It was in you all along.
Is it really the playing and singing that people aren't doing enough of? If anything, I suspect deep down most people aspire to work hard and make the most out of their lives, but are prevented from doing so by both inherent laziness and the cultural expectation to 'have fun'. Does the average Harvard student regret not dancing enough on Saturdays or do they regret not working harder on Saturday night to give them a chance to be like Mark Zuckerberg?
Going out every night and partying it up is easy. There's probably some people who genuinely wish they could do it without alcohol but overall the supply likely meets the demand. The exact opposite is hard: getting up at 6am every single day and then not wasting a single second of your life on something that doesn't produce fruits in the long term.
Maybe what we really need is more Adderall and less alcohol.
I wish the world worked this way. I suspect that the problem is we don't trust each other.
The social rituals and rules give people a framework for how to engage with each other. They basically signal that people are part of an ingroup. If you violate the rules people assume you're not part of the ingroup and therefore can't be trusted.
Alcohol reduces anxiety including social anxiety so some people need to drink to be able to relax in a social setting.