[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