Every child has an enormous drive to demonstrate competence. If humans are not required to earn a living to be provided survival needs, many are going to want very much to be productive, but not at those tasks they did not choose to do but were forced to accept in order to earn money. Instead, humans will spontaneously take upon themselves those tasks that world society really needs to have done.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Humans naturally want to show they can do things well. If basic needs are met, people choose work they care about rather than forced tasks for money.
- In plain terms
- People want to be useful and pick their own work when survival isn't a struggle.
- What can you take from it?
- Allow autonomy to unleash human productivity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What work would you choose if money didn't matter?
- How do forced jobs limit human potential?
Another view
Assuming survival needs are met ignores systemic barriers beyond just income.
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