alt Hacker News> In that scenario the 'joy of creation' would just shift to the 'joy of discovery'. Both of which are innate to humans.
They may be innate, but that doesn't mean they are related or that one is a good substitute for the other.
> In that scenario the 'joy of creation' would just shift to the 'joy of discovery'. Both of which are innate to humans.
They may be innate, but that doesn't mean they are related or that one is a good substitute for the other.
I agree. Thinking about it a little more, I've realized that people create things today even if unnecessary (e.g. grow their own food), a lot of it for the satisfaction of it.
So we would still build stuff, but it would not be out of necessity.