An extreme counterexample is required in response to your extreme mischaracterization of the guy’s argument. I’m just continuing down your logic of exaggerating the argument to the point of being nonsensical. It turns out you only like it when you do it to other people, but not when its done to you.
my point is that a society optimise for an individual ends up being needlessly wasteful and miserable for an individual.
a society were time is so scarse that is in your best interest to have someone barely making a living so you can have overpriced cold meals, because having time to just exist and do groceries and cook is unfeasible.
however a more collectivist and less atomised society you would rarely be in such situation in the first place
An extreme counterexample is required in response to your extreme mischaracterization of the guy’s argument. I’m just continuing down your logic of exaggerating the argument to the point of being nonsensical. It turns out you only like it when you do it to other people, but not when its done to you.
my point is that a society optimise for an individual ends up being needlessly wasteful and miserable for an individual.
a society were time is so scarse that is in your best interest to have someone barely making a living so you can have overpriced cold meals, because having time to just exist and do groceries and cook is unfeasible.
however a more collectivist and less atomised society you would rarely be in such situation in the first place