Some people strive for excellence, but it should be healthy personal quest, not an insecure thirst for validation. In my ideal post-scarcity society, self- and other-acceptance is as important as achievement.
You might get something out of the book about the achievement society–Burnout Society, by German-born Korean philosopher by Byung-Hul Chans–or a video on the same by your favorite philosophy youtuber.
Again, what I’m trying to imply is something that happens when people stay at their pasttime for extended periods of time and if the pasttimes have skills that you can get better at as you do it more. If Will likes Jazz as a hobby, but also wants to explore the galaxy, he chooses to enlist in starfleet instead of some jazz institution. He has his trombone and as he spends years playing it, he gets better and better at it, because he is able to do this instead of battling his depression in a holosuite somewhere.
Barclay is interesting; since he does have mental issues , but we see him being treated for them so that he can move away from his addiction and maladaptive behaviour. However, people still enjoy the holodeck reasonably.
Both, I think.
Some people strive for excellence, but it should be healthy personal quest, not an insecure thirst for validation. In my ideal post-scarcity society, self- and other-acceptance is as important as achievement.
You might get something out of the book about the achievement society–Burnout Society, by German-born Korean philosopher by Byung-Hul Chans–or a video on the same by your favorite philosophy youtuber.
I’ll throw this into the pile of intellectual bookmarks I would love to check out if I had more time and attention.
I did skim this link to get a general idea : https://philosophybreak.com/articles/byung-chul-han-burnout-society-our-only-imperative-is-to-achieve/
Again, what I’m trying to imply is something that happens when people stay at their pasttime for extended periods of time and if the pasttimes have skills that you can get better at as you do it more. If Will likes Jazz as a hobby, but also wants to explore the galaxy, he chooses to enlist in starfleet instead of some jazz institution. He has his trombone and as he spends years playing it, he gets better and better at it, because he is able to do this instead of battling his depression in a holosuite somewhere.
Barclay is interesting; since he does have mental issues , but we see him being treated for them so that he can move away from his addiction and maladaptive behaviour. However, people still enjoy the holodeck reasonably.