In this experiment, mice were given a perfect environment in which to live. For the mice you would think this was 'Paradise'. But due to their nature it did not take long for this to become a horrible place to live.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z760XNy4VM
It leads me to contemplate the JW dream of living forever in a 'Paradise Earth' and wonder what this would have actually been like in reality.
For me, I could see 'not caring' coming to the fore. Life becomes valueless as it is taken for granted. For example, if everything is provided, why bother?
Time becomes meaningless as you have all the time in the world to do things. If you're going to live forever, why bother? You've got plenty of time.
And so does anything ever get done? Does anything actually happen? Or will it all go 'stagnant'?
The joke...
'If your husband says he's going to get it done, he'll get it done. There's no need to nag him about it every 6 months'
...takes on a whole new meaning.
Where is the impetus towards life? If all the meaning, all the drivers, all the constraints are removed, what are you left with?
Just some musings about life and stuff, on this still December afternoon...