The "Mod bug" and "go fast crack pipe" EXPLAINED!

[SaberX]

I was reading this article on psychology and it became very clear why no matter how much we love the NSX we always want just a little more... :biggrin:

"Modern humans, stuck with an ancient brain, are like rats on a wheel. We can't stop running, because we're always looking over our shoulders and comparing our achievements with our neighbours'. At 20, we think we'd be happy with a house and a car. But if we get them, we start dreaming of a second home in Italy and a turbo-charged four-wheel-drive (or a V10 NSX :biggrin: -my personal addition-)
This is called the "hedonic treadmill" by happiness scholars. It causes us to rapidly and inevitably adapt to good things by taking them for granted. The more possessions and accomplishments we have, the more we need to boost our level of happiness. It makes sense that the brain of a species that has dominated others would evolve to strive to be best."


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2099-1793873_2,00.html

 

[enesexdreamer]

no such thing as satisfaction. satisfaction is only temporary

 

[NSXLuvr]

Great link.

However, this is not new news. Buddhist and Hindu scriptures have educated people to avoid the materialistic mindset. That there is no lasting pleasure in materialism. That true happiness comes from within and from interactions which living creatures/objects. Whether it is your family, your pet, or nature.

 

[nuccaJB]

NSXLuvr has it right. In part of my "growing up" that started a few years back and will be a life long phase, I read a lot of eastern philosophy/religion books. I have to say that keeping up with the neighbors is something that I am not as focused on anymore. I do have a goal to have an NSX, but it is not for the flash that the car comes with. It is fairly apparent that there are many other auto options that are more popular with the general population. I have spent a lot of my life in a mindset of giving and it seems to work awesome. As we evolve as a people and a society I hope that more people can achieve a sense of satisfaction and peace instead of who has more stuff!

 

[liftshard]

Great link.

However, this is not new news. Buddhist and Hindu scriptures have educated people to avoid the materialistic mindset. That there is no lasting pleasure in materialism. That true happiness comes from within and from interactions which living creatures/objects. Whether it is your family, your pet, or nature.

Uh...you ever read the bible? Anti-materialist philosophy is not confined to eastern "religions."

 

[khappucino]

haha i think anti-materialism ploy is introduced by clever high caste members of society so that they can monopolize all that is sweet, like NSX's and Big Screen TV's.... while convincing everyone else that such pursuits are base. j/k :biggrin:

i think that a big reason that homosapiens ended up being top of the food chain, is our desire for more and our unhappiness with what we do have...
take for instance when Marconi decided he didnt want to send snail mail via foot to his colleages, he probably wanted 'more' and invented wireless telegraphy :biggrin: i think in a metaphysical way its good to be happy with non-material things, but i think our nature of wanting 'more' is what makes us adaptable and gives us drive... i think that if we were mainly non-materialistic we would have never made it up into the tree's and the world would be run by wooly mammoths and ancient tigers =)