Well that is (commendably) the most positive interpretation of the pet hypothesis I’ve heard. When we think about it, we’re really half way there already. By many measures, many of us are living in what anyone in the past would call Utopia, and are very much cared for by many over-arching systems, the market, the government, the internet. I’ve also never been one to complain “Oh, but what will I do with all my spare time if I don’t have to work?”
Perhaps my daughter will have time to reach goals she actually wants to achieve rather than those of necessity. I appreciate your thoughts.
Well that is (commendably) the most positive interpretation of the pet hypothesis I’ve heard. When we think about it, we’re really half way there already. By many measures, many of us are living in what anyone in the past would call Utopia, and are very much cared for by many over-arching systems, the market, the government, the internet. I’ve also never been one to complain “Oh, but what will I do with all my spare time if I don’t have to work?”
Perhaps my daughter will have time to reach goals she actually wants to achieve rather than those of necessity. I appreciate your thoughts.