Humans want to feel like good people. We get big dopamine pleasure hits when we do good things for one another. But, like exercise, it takes some sacrifice or work to get to the good feeling part. Sacrifice is particularly distasteful for our current lazy, narcissistic population. It’s much easier to just say, “Look at me being so open…
Humans want to feel like good people. We get big dopamine pleasure hits when we do good things for one another. But, like exercise, it takes some sacrifice or work to get to the good feeling part. Sacrifice is particularly distasteful for our current lazy, narcissistic population. It’s much easier to just say, “Look at me being so open-minded, accepting, and just plain better than the small-minded, mean, bigoted troglodytes,” and then they can feel the satisfaction and pleasure of being a good, superior person without doing a single thing but going to a party.
Humans want to feel like good people. We get big dopamine pleasure hits when we do good things for one another. But, like exercise, it takes some sacrifice or work to get to the good feeling part. Sacrifice is particularly distasteful for our current lazy, narcissistic population. It’s much easier to just say, “Look at me being so open-minded, accepting, and just plain better than the small-minded, mean, bigoted troglodytes,” and then they can feel the satisfaction and pleasure of being a good, superior person without doing a single thing but going to a party.
Nailed it. Change your FB profile picture, put up a flag or banner and hey presto! You are saving the world!!