has anyone done brain plasticity studies to see if being in a place where you don't need your job to survive, and having your needs met brings back the plasticity we "age out of" because i have a not even hypothesis forming
i doubt this would have anything to do with brain plasticity and more with "having to survive" vs "survival is already taken care of" as a constant background noise filtering what we can perceive as our options.
all the talk about how "Everybody is the architect of their own fortune." has the negative effect of eventually submitting to it and believing we couldnt do it anyway else. being treated badly by your boss? you are free to quit. that is a fact. but actually quitting? cutting off the supply line you were given by your employer?...
to feel any sympathy for this system at all: just imagine the monetary losses the rich would have to endure if society was forcing them to invest in wellfare programs that actually have a measurable positive effect on society, as "their kids wont be able to visit the best schools. everyone wants their kids to visit the best school their money can afford them, so why shouldnt the rich be allowed to keep their profits for their eventual heir to enjoy?"
activity dependent plasticity, less options/time to do things repeatedly equals less activity dependent plasticity, more time/options equal more activity dependent plasticity opportunities, life is like grinding in dragon quest, you can level up if you do things over and over again, at what point does a person working a retail job from morning until night only to go to sleep and repeat have opportunity to grind and level up for things outside of what is needed for the retail job, also who’s looking for brain stuff in people working retail jobs endlessly, probably someone, but at what scale, to what end, has the info entered the zeitgeist, will it enter the zeitgeist, also what is the criteria for something to be called learning, I’m ruby and I approve this chost
