[mstipetic]

Oooh yes let’s be efficient. Only thing that’s important. No curiosity, sense of awe or belonging to something greater. Let’s do away with art unless it’s funded by Netflix and has a direct effect on subscription numbers. We could and should have both.

[luckylion]

> We could and should have both.

Sure, but one is much more important than the other. You can commit 50% of your resources as a society towards art and religion and the other half to science and production, and your standard of living will be much lower than if you committed 10% towards art and religion.

[mstipetic]

Define standard of living

[luckylion]

The degree of wealth and material comfort available to a person or community

[mstipetic]

That is a sad and myopic way of seeing things imo