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Are we as a society becoming more and more lazy?

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Lifer
I've noticed this in many many people.

They always want to do things the simple, easy way.

They never want to try the difficult way, too much time and effort required. If they are not sure if something can be done a certain way, too much effort to see if can they accomplish said task.

They tend to react to situations, not pro-active to avoid situations from coming up.

How many people always aim sky high for standards and never give up till they attain a result to their own satisfaction?

Maybe I'm in the minority here, but damn, I find people in general are damn lazy.

 
Well there is of course (likfe everything in life) a fine line that must be walked. 'Laziness' is usually thouhg of as being bad, but it does serve a purpose in that it causes people to try to optimize their work habits so as to finish their work in the minimal amount of time. Working hard isn't always good if you simply beat your head against a brick wall and never give up on an approach and try to find an easier one. That having been said, most people who are lazy arent going around trying to find better ways to do their work, they are just simply either not doing the work, or doing it poorly. I don't really think this is anything new in life, I have known very few people who would choose to work long hours if they could avoid it. you also would have to ask exactly why you want to work so hard. I am lazy, I know it, but at the same time I do not desire the most expenisve car, or the newest computer, or biggest house. If I want simpyl to live on a certain income than what is the trouble of doing as tille work as possible to achieve that income? Sure if I worked 60+ hours a week I bet I could get a lot better job, and alot more money, but what is the point if you have no time to use it?

EDIT: i'm too lazy to fix the bad speeling, deal with it...
 
That is a hard question to answer. I am very goal oriented and am working hard towards my goals, but those goals include being able to be lazy. For example, one of my goals is to live in Hawaii for an extended period of time. Another is to be able to work as little as possible overseas to be able to sustain myself and travel. Both of these goals have at their core laziness. At the same time I want to go to graduate school after one of the other goals is finished.

However this is one of those questions that ends up being answered with "every person is different." With that in mind we have to think of what is the life goal of most people? If I had to guess I would say most people imagine themselves with a steady job, a house, and a family. Having these things does not usually come to lazy people, so I don't think you're right in your assumption that most people are lazy. Your supporting claims are very broad generalizations that are hard to refute or prove.
 
Originally posted by: BrownTown
Well there is of course (likfe everything in life) a fine line that must be walked. 'Laziness' is usually thouhg of as being bad, but it does serve a purpose in that it causes people to try to optimize their work habits so as to finish their work in the minimal amount of time. Working hard isn't always good if you simply beat your head against a brick wall and never give up on an approach and try to find an easier one. That having been said, most people who are lazy arent going around trying to find better ways to do their work, they are just simply either not doing the work, or doing it poorly. I don't really think this is anything new in life, I have known very few people who would choose to work long hours if they could avoid it. you also would have to ask exactly why you want to work so hard. I am lazy, I know it, but at the same time I do not desire the most expenisve car, or the newest computer, or biggest house. If I want simpyl to live on a certain income than what is the trouble of doing as tille work as possible to achieve that income? Sure if I worked 60+ hours a week I bet I could get a lot better job, and alot more money, but what is the point if you have no time to use it?

EDIT: i'm too lazy to fix the bad speeling, deal with it...
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I'm too lazy to read that.
Deal with it.
 
Humans evolved to save energy, because food was not always readily available. That tendancy remains, despite the fact that we have abundant food sources all the time. Our genes don't know that though. For all our body knows, we're just lucky to be finding regular food sources every single day. Find the gene(s) that control our desire to save energy, and maybe laziness will start to go away.

But first we need to figure out a good way of disseminating genetic upgrades to the entire planet's population, lest we wind up with a situation like in Gattaca, with a race of elite, superior humans.
 
I can only speak to what I see on the job, and there is no doubt in my mind that people are getting lazier.

Just one recent anecdote. We hired two interns - they were both in the top 5 in a class of 25 in a tech school. They've been here 8 weeks (40 work days). One has missed 4 days, the other 6. They were "sick". They show little interest in the work, they don't make any extra effort, they don't write down what they are asked to do, and of course make mistakes because they couldn't remember everything. Their stock answer of "Oh, I forgot, sorry" is supposed to justify what happened.

We pay $11/hour and their alternative work opportunities would be delivering pizzas or flipping burgers. That's why they miss so much work - they have money in their pocket and don't see the need to come in every day.

They expect to be hired full-time after graduation because we often do that, and I'm tempted not to even tell them they ought to look for work elsewhere since we're not going to hire them. I should wait until they graduate, tell them their temporary job is now over, and if they are upset about not being told earlier so they could have looked for work before everyone else got hired, I could just say, "Oh, I forgot, sorry."

Over the last ten years, I can see that the new hires have gotten progressively lazier. And what makes it even more infuriating, any actual supervision of the work makes them defensive as though they are being singled out for monitoring.

The ones who actually apply themselves, are reliable, honest, and hardworking are so rare they are, by default, all-stars.

There is an entitlement mentality which is getting worse and it's very sad.
 
Yup, it's that entitlement mentality. We want to work no harder than the laziest person we see getting away with it.
 
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