Hi Everyone,
Well, it took a while, but I'm back after a while. I started work today, I mean really, really started it this time, unlike the other times where I thought I was starting, but wasn't really. Anyway, thought I'd update you on that. Anyway, today's post won't be very long, because the video above presents the first part of the point I want to lay out here today.
Don't misunderstand, though. The point of this post is not to promote socialism or any other economic system for that matter. Rather, the point of this post is to highlight a pattern of thinking among professionals. The point that Thom Hartmann, which is this man's name, lays out, is that people do think about others, and, to use Hartmann's college analogy, people are interested in learning and working hard for its own sake.
You're probably wondering what that phrase in the title means. We can use the term "economist thinking" to describe the prevalent thought pattern among the economic and advertising professionals. This attitude sees people only as consumers who want to get more things for themselves. It doesn't take into account that people care about more than just themselves, and getting more for themselves. In the view of this blogger, it is this economist thinking, which is sort of inhuman its implications, that has driven us into our present economic dilemma.
But enough out of me. What are your thoughts, experiences, philosophies on this? I'd like to know.
This is the Daily Reeder, Over&out.
Hi D.R.,
ReplyDeleteGood to see you back. Congratulations on the job! I think you have an excellent point about people wanting meaning and connection in their lives. No amount of money or things can measure up to the feeling of helping people.
Vivian,
ReplyDeleteI believe that people do look for some form of connection to others, through relating to them or assisting them in some way. I wrote this post because I believe that economists and those whose job it is to deal with money, like the person who sent out the email Hartmann read above, have failed to recognize this part of human nature. Everyone always uses "human nature" as a cynical way of justifying greed and vice, but this is a bedrock of humanity, in my view, and I thought I would shine a light on it.