If We Didn't Need Money, What Would Motivate You To Do Anything?

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@owstalaga (4707)
Philippines
July 17, 2021 8:56am CST
Ah yes, it seems I have gotten over my writer's block because of the writing site I found. Man money can indeed make us do a lot of things. Which made me think of this question. What would motivate me to act on something if I didn't need to earn money for a living? Would it be a better world if we were all just going about our lives without needing to spend on anything? Would that be nirvana? For people in the rural areas, it is easier to live without spending much. You just plant food and tend to some animals and voila you're alive! Until you will need something else like clothes or whatever then you won't worry abt staying alive. I still don't have an answer to this question so maybe you have one? Care to share your thoughts?
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@aidels (274)
• Philippines
17 Jul 21
If money has never been a thing at all, my primary motivation would probably be that thing that separates humans from other animals: the desire to create.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
Wow, I think I will give you the gold medal. Haha. Love this answer.
@kanuck1 (4394)
17 Jul 21
Interesting question! I think love is the best motivator of all, much more powerful and important than money. Necessity is another motivator. I have to urinate and so I get up out of bed. Interest is another motivator. I enjoy learning things and so I read or talk to people to learn things. Pleasure is another one. We do things because they give us pleasure.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
All 3 except for love is indeed plausible. For love, some people can't grasp it's concept so it will be difficult for some people to be motivated by it.
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@kanuck1 (4394)
1 Oct 21
@owstalaga Yes, love as a motivator is not understood or appreciated by many. Of course, when one is in love, that will motivate a person to do many things.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
@kanuck1 Haha romantic love is easier to understand.
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@snowy22315 (169641)
• United States
17 Jul 21
Hmm, not too much really. I would probably just do what really needs to be done,,,,kinda like now..
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
Haha okay then. Maybe me too...
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• United States
17 Jul 21
If people went about their life and no one needed money, who would provide the foods we eat and the products we use? If you had no need to work and everyone can be consumers, who will work to supply the people?
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
Good questions. Maybe everyone will work for everyone. Hehe.
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• Abuja, Nigeria
17 Jul 21
the world would have been a better place without money i"m sorry to say that money has made things dificult for people
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
Yes that's true. People do bad things just because of money. We also do good things with it but you know we humans always focus on the bad instead of the good. Perhaps it's time to change that.
@Mahaev (333)
• Kathmandu, Nepal
20 Jul 21
That's intresting topic. Our Hunger drive us to do work. We need to survive
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
Well yeah that's true. So meaning, if we don't go hungry then what would we do?
@AkoPinay (11544)
• Philippines
2 Oct 21
ATTENTION. Just the need to be noticed that I exist.
@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
12 Aug 22
Lol and where are you now? Haha you are always missing in action lately.
@dya80dya (33382)
17 Jul 21
I would be motivated by a feeling of satisfaction or other positive feelings.
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@owstalaga (4707)
• Philippines
1 Oct 21
Hmmm. Well that's not so bad at all.