Aurelius to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?message-square260fedilinkarrow-up1131arrow-down14
arrow-up1127arrow-down1message-squareWho in history (either present or in the past) do you think has had the biggest positive impact on humanity?Aurelius to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square260fedilink
minus-square@gapbetweenus@feddit.delinkfedilink5•1 year agoAnd people are often governed or motivated by ideas.
minus-square@frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.mllinkfedilink-7•1 year agoPeople are governed/motivated by self-interest.
minus-square@Carrolade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish10•1 year agoThat statement sounds an awful lot like … an idea.
minus-square@gapbetweenus@feddit.delinkfedilink3•1 year agoSo you don’t have ideas in your head about the world that affect how you interact with the world? Might be true for you, but I would say it’s not an universal experience. Also I don’t say it’s juts ideas but ideas are part of our psychology.
And people are often governed or motivated by ideas.
People are governed/motivated by self-interest.
That statement sounds an awful lot like … an idea.
So you don’t have ideas in your head about the world that affect how you interact with the world? Might be true for you, but I would say it’s not an universal experience. Also I don’t say it’s juts ideas but ideas are part of our psychology.