Re: The joy of actual numbers, was Democracy

On Mon, 4 Nov 2024, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

On 04/11/2024 09:15, D wrote:

I think we also need some good progress in psychology around what motivates people, what gives them meaning, and happiness.

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Well we had a solution to that. Religion.
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Now that is gone and the great unwashed are turning to Islam.
It gives their crappy lives purpose and a nobility that it doesn't deserve.
Same as Marxism.

My bet is more on Brave New World in the form os positive psychology and "nudging"-research when it comes to the new religion of "science" in the west and how the government can "nudge" the common man to be cute and friendly.