Joe Rogan
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Because then also human beings have this very bizarre desire for materialism.
Like why would a thing with a finite lifespan want to accumulate objects?
Like, I know people that are in their 80s that collect things.
Like, what are you fucking doing with that stuff?
You're going to die.
You have maybe like 10 summers left on Earth.
And here you are collecting stamps or cars.
10 summers, yeah.
It's weird.
But materialism ensures a constant fueling of innovation because this is one of the things that gets people excited about collecting new stuff is that you're going to make a better version.
Like, I don't care how good your Mercedes is.
It's not a 2026 Mercedes.
Yeah, exactly.
It's even better.
It has new features.
It's a new thing.
And so it's, like, all built into the human psychology and also to this thing that I said, like I said, if you were...
somewhere from somewhere else and studying this species, what does it do?