tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post115203139417783589..comments2024-03-27T15:07:58.078+05:30Comments on Plus Ultra: Desire and WealthRajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1152610511143868202006-07-11T15:05:00.000+05:302006-07-11T15:05:00.000+05:30do you think it is possible to have a desire spect...do you think it is possible to have a desire spectrum ranging from the bad to good - for example desire for wealth creation (for the community as a whole), desire for better products and quality of life and so on can be classified as good motivators for progress. While greed which is an extreme form of desire, personal hoarding of wealth with no benefit for the community, desire for indescriminate consumption - these are bad motivators. Or is it too simplistic?Ushahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179239922869639391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1152200365093757842006-07-06T21:09:00.000+05:302006-07-06T21:09:00.000+05:30Anu,Casement " Without desire, you stay poor, with...Anu,Casement " Without desire, you stay poor, with excessive desire - you can get greedy. Tough choice.Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1152187550758101432006-07-06T17:35:00.000+05:302006-07-06T17:35:00.000+05:30It requires a superhuman task of character to keep...It requires a superhuman task of character to keep 'desire' as an anchor to create wealth without succumbing to its negative spiral. This is probably why the east preaches aversion to 'desire'.Casementhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05319588427409526483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1152175764189606602006-07-06T14:19:00.000+05:302006-07-06T14:19:00.000+05:30Good post! I have often thought long these lines, ...Good post! I have often thought long these lines, perhaps after I read an article by Shekhar Gupta about 5 years ago. One has to create wealth for the country, but how do you go about it without letting the desire grow into undesirable greed in the individual?Anuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03926488423380695317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1152112260412210022006-07-05T20:41:00.000+05:302006-07-05T20:41:00.000+05:30Lalita, that cheerful tone again!Lalita, that cheerful tone again!Rajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09367344161081393779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15891023.post-1152035929793602492006-07-04T23:28:00.000+05:302006-07-04T23:28:00.000+05:30There is no balance, dude. Planet Earth is going t...There is no balance, dude. Planet Earth is going to hell in a handbasket. <BR/><BR/>It's not just the myopia and postponing problems and dumping them on future generations; it is that most of us can't even stop to think about these things while scrounging for a living while those who 'Have' go on ignoring the fact that the planet needs time to provide and can't be bothered about trivia like a species dying. The planet will recycle, with or without us. <BR/><BR/>I just wish we didn't inflict such major changes, though. Two centuries of industrialisation is all it took to change the climate. Damn, we are the pests.Lalitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05574877161633024367noreply@blogger.com