Some people say that human desire and greed are the first driving force of economic development, right?

This is a good question, but the wording is a bit inappropriate. If you don't know enough, maybe you can force it.

I think the development of human beings comes from the pursuit of dissatisfaction. As long as you are on the right track, dissatisfaction can make you learn and grow continuously. Discontent is the driving force of invention and creation. Dissatisfaction is the power to constantly pursue wealth and constantly improve one's status. Dissatisfaction is the engine for human beings to pursue the development of civilization.

If dissatisfaction is used in the opposite direction, it becomes greedy desire. Greed corrupts officials and plunders people.

Therefore, people's desire in pursuit is indeed the driving force of social development. If you are content, it is only to persuade those who are not satisfied to be crazy. If everyone has no desire to pursue, who will engage in enterprises, who will engage in invention and research and development, who will contract land, who will work hard and who will guard the frontier, there will be no satellites and planes in the sky, and there will be no cars, tall buildings and bridges on the ground.

There will be no war in the world, human fertility will gradually decline, human beings will decline, and lazy people's thoughts will be infinitely brilliant.

Therefore, desire and greed are just inappropriate words in praise and criticism.

I think even if you become a monk who sees through the world of mortals in the temple, you still need the food that farmers grow for you. The unsatisfied and pursuing desire is the nature of any animal and plant in the world, and it is impossible for human civilization to completely peel off beyond it.

Everyone has a secular desire, which includes spiritual desire, physical desire and material desire, that is, people's growing demand for material culture and spiritual culture. This way to promote economic development is encouraged and supported by the state. This is called a gentleman's love for money, and he takes it wisely.

But greed is different. There is an essential difference between greed and desire. Greed is a morbid psychology of unrestrained profligacy, no manners, no sense of shame and no moral bottom line. It gains income by cheating, kidnapping and other illegal means, and the final result is just like the old woman in the story of The Fisherman and the Goldfish. In the end, there was nothing.

That's exactly what happened. To be exact, desire and greed are the first driving forces to promote the development of human society. When people's ambitions expand further, they will become greedy. We often find that under the same environment, an ambitious person and an ambitious person will have completely different behaviors. An ambitious person may think about how to improve himself, be himself, handle all kinds of interpersonal relationships, and study hard to surpass others. However, people who have no ambition may not think too much about anything and are more casual. If they do what they have to do, they can relax themselves. A strong desire is the foundation of all greatness. I have met many big bosses, all of whom are not greedy and ambitious. However, it is understood that most ambitious people grew up in a bad environment and generally did not grow up in a very happy family. Most of them were treated unfairly when they were children, which was extremely unfair, oppressive, ridiculed and cold-eyed. When they grow up, they will have a strong desire to release their depression and get ahead. Depression can make people store a lot of energy. Of course, you don't have to envy these ambitious people. Their past pain may be unimaginable or you certainly don't want to experience it. Maybe the pain of the past can make you better. The book A Brief History of Mankind says: "History tells us that the greedier you are, the more successful you will be. We are domesticated by human beings because of greed for the unknown future, and of course we think because of greed, thus changing the future of mankind. " This is a survival instinct of human beings. Pascal once said: "Man is a thinking reed, and all our dignity lies in thought". Man is humble and insignificant in front of nature, and only by working hard can he survive, which has created man's greed and strong desire for success. However, we must master the sense of proportion and scale. When we think of becoming a Buddha and a demon, the more desires we have, the more troubles we have. Therefore, we must succeed within our ability and pursue success with ease and pleasure.

Five years ago, at a dinner party at a drinking buddy's house, I heard a billionaire boss say. The exact words are very similar to the question. I recorded the exact words as follows:

"Satisfied, the heart is unable to do so. Two words, a praise and a disparagement, sound very different, indeed very different! However, the commendatory term of being content with the status quo is laziness, which is not a good thing, let alone a good phenomenon. In society, this kind of people just do nothing, have no creativity, and have no advanced consciousness and thought. On the other hand, the lack of human heart is like a snake swallowing an elephant, which sounds derogatory, but it has positive factors, that is to say, the motive force of social development cannot be separated from desire and greed. I used to say that entrepreneurs make more money. When a box of money is full, he only spends on the top floor, so the purpose of making money is for workers, social responsibility and honor. Actually, it's quite clear in private. Or yourself, for your family, for the people who have followed you for many years. Subjectively for oneself, objectively promoting social development. More money, more spending, is never enough. In fact, it is also desire and greed at work ... "

This great entrepreneur, who has been doing business for officials for many years, has little education, but his ability is superior and his personal charm is superior. His speech came straight to the point, mainly grounded and insightful.

Survival is the driving force of economic development and has nothing to do with greed. It's simple. I have no food, so I just want to eat. If you eat, you will want to be full. You will want to get dressed when you are full. Everything is for life.

Seeing this question, I am speechless! If people or human beings are guided and drawn by their own instinct or desire or greed, then people can only be their own instinctive attributes-animal attributes, people or human civilization, what is she? Do people still need the name "people"?

Therefore, the desire for development conforms to the natural laws of society and can be the first driving force, while greed will only hinder its development and lead to retreat.

Of course, this is just my personal opinion. If you agree, please pay more attention Thank you!

Human desire and greed are definitely not the first driving force of economic development.

The continuous exploration of the unknown and the continuous innovation of existing lifestyles and technologies are the first and first driving forces for economic development. When human beings have constant needs, they will continue to learn, work hard, forge ahead and innovate, all for the continuous improvement of human living standards and the better construction of their homes.

People's desire and greed refer to people's personal needs and inflated ambitions. For these reasons, many people do whatever it takes: rape, robbery, theft, fighting, war, etc ... All derogatory terms can be associated with desire and greed. Just like America now: "We lie, we cheat and we steal. We also have courses that teach these things. This is the glory of America's continuous exploration and progress. "

Not exactly. Personal behavior and increased consumption are helpful. Personal consumption is an important pillar of economic development.

I agree with this concept. Desire means hope, desire means progress, desire means beauty, and desire means happiness. It is because of desire that human beings have evolved to this day.