Ask HN: Can a human society exist without insecurity?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12878740

by babyrainbow • 10 years ago

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Can a human society exist without the insecurity that seems to be present in every individual. By insecurities, I mean things like, fear of being ostracized, fear of rejection, fear of death (as in "how will my death affect others", and not as in "A car is coming to hit me, let me get out the way").

It seems that the current society is sustained by the presence of these kinds of fears in every individual. If this is so, do you think it can be reason for a lot of insane things that is going on in this world? and should it be changed?

Thoughts?

Lorenz-Kraft5• 10 years ago

Hi, i think that "fear" (and all its derivate) is a basic human habit. Without it, i think, human mankind would not survive.

I think that its basically "fear" that drives us to rethink our actions for consequences.

Greets,

Chris

babyrainbow3• 10 years ago

That is why I differentiated the fear of dying as not the kind that makes you get out of harms way. But the kind that make you concerned of "what happens if I die tomorrow"...The first kind is essential for survival. But the latter is not..

Lorenz-Kraft5• 10 years ago

But if you see yourself not only as individual and as part of society, you will ask yourself what will happen if you die tomorrow. Put it to extreme: As more you see yourself in a society, the more fearful you should be (what happens to my family if i die tomorrow, what are all the others doing that might me cause not to live anymore tomorrow etc.)

Lorenz-Kraft5• 10 years ago

> If this is so, do you think it can be reason for a lot of insane things that is going on in this world?

I think that its more the lack of fear that leads to such "insane things".