Some advocates of Technocracy claim as a point of contention in the debate over the current price system, that humans will always want more under conditions of scarcity.
Now then in considering this debate, can we say that this is true in the absolute? We know that oil for instance will become more valuable a commodity as demand exceeds supply, yet at some point there will be a price at which fewer will buy.
Indeed, supply and demand is relevant to the Technocracy debate and if we look at diamonds, we realize that they can be made artificially more valuable simply by implying there is a scarcity of such.
Still can we state that: humans will always want more under conditions of scarcity? And can we state this as an absolute truth? NO, absolutely not, for instance in salesmanship they teach salesmen the "Take Away Close" and yes it often works, but it is certainly not the only one reason people buy and it does not work on everyone.
People want more for other reasons.
For instance I love to fly, when I owned an aircraft I could fly all the time, I still wanted more.
I love sex too, my girlfriends always enjoyed it too, we always wanted more, it was not scarce.
Humans go to war over scarcity? Indeed, sure, some things are naturally scarce for expanding nation's needs.
But humans also go to war over ideals; such as religion and I dare say there is not a scarcity in human religion these days? Have you ever read Henry Kissinger on how this occurs? Pretty good stuff and it is not just because of scarcity such as Oil, Rubber, steel; Japanese WWII.
Humans are always fighting, it is in their "alpha male" nature, been going on a long time.
Other species fight over things too; Ants fight and kill each other, in huge wars.
Chimpanzees too, not for territory, food or anything else, just to fight.
Why? Those breeds or species of cousins that do not fight are still here and have evolved along side.
Both seem to be viable methods to perpetuate the evolutionary chain.
You might enjoy the book; "War- a sense that gives us purpose".
The scarcity debate has some merit, but scarcity alone does not control men, nor does the price system we currently use.
Human nature often plays a huge role as their innate characteristics kick into the argument and the scarcity complaint of the current price system alone is not enough to diminish its value to our civilization.
Now then in considering this debate, can we say that this is true in the absolute? We know that oil for instance will become more valuable a commodity as demand exceeds supply, yet at some point there will be a price at which fewer will buy.
Indeed, supply and demand is relevant to the Technocracy debate and if we look at diamonds, we realize that they can be made artificially more valuable simply by implying there is a scarcity of such.
Still can we state that: humans will always want more under conditions of scarcity? And can we state this as an absolute truth? NO, absolutely not, for instance in salesmanship they teach salesmen the "Take Away Close" and yes it often works, but it is certainly not the only one reason people buy and it does not work on everyone.
People want more for other reasons.
For instance I love to fly, when I owned an aircraft I could fly all the time, I still wanted more.
I love sex too, my girlfriends always enjoyed it too, we always wanted more, it was not scarce.
Humans go to war over scarcity? Indeed, sure, some things are naturally scarce for expanding nation's needs.
But humans also go to war over ideals; such as religion and I dare say there is not a scarcity in human religion these days? Have you ever read Henry Kissinger on how this occurs? Pretty good stuff and it is not just because of scarcity such as Oil, Rubber, steel; Japanese WWII.
Humans are always fighting, it is in their "alpha male" nature, been going on a long time.
Other species fight over things too; Ants fight and kill each other, in huge wars.
Chimpanzees too, not for territory, food or anything else, just to fight.
Why? Those breeds or species of cousins that do not fight are still here and have evolved along side.
Both seem to be viable methods to perpetuate the evolutionary chain.
You might enjoy the book; "War- a sense that gives us purpose".
The scarcity debate has some merit, but scarcity alone does not control men, nor does the price system we currently use.
Human nature often plays a huge role as their innate characteristics kick into the argument and the scarcity complaint of the current price system alone is not enough to diminish its value to our civilization.
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