Are People Lazy?

[dybmh]

In general, are human beings lazy creatures? Yes or no, and please state your reasons.

Thank you,

 

[JustGeorge]

I say no.

Some people seem lazy...but we can't see what's going on, fully. Perhaps they're spending time on unproductive activities... but still, activities nonetheless.

I'd say people are more likely to misdirect energy than be directly lazy.

 

[Shaul]

No. But I'm too lazy to explain why.

 

[Secret Chief]

cba to vote

 

[Stevicus]

Maybe not in general, but as we enter those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer, perhaps we can give it a try.

 

[Viker]

No. I've found that people are mostly industrious. Typically, lazy just means people don't like taking on really hard tasks, maybe they don't take on much responsibility or just have a public confidence issue. Behind the scenes they're still always busy doing something.

 

[MayPeaceBeUpOnYou]

No we aren’t lazy creatures but we become lazy when we get spoiled and take things for granted in life.

 

[Secret Chief]

I prefer the word efficient.

 

[The Hammer]

In general, are human beings lazy creatures? Yes or no, and please state your reasons.

Thank you,

As a species, yes. As a society no. What I mean by this is the ape/hominin species is inherently lazy. It is/was evolutionarily advantageous to minimize the amount of work one does.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/our-brains-are-hardwired-for-laziness-ubc-study-shows-1.4828474

 

[The Hammer]

This is why Industriousness is a virtue.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

It is/was evolutionarily advantageous to minimize the amount of work one does.

Which is why CEOs have it made while their slaves work themselves to death for pittance. Makes sense.

 

[The Hammer]

Which is why CEOs have it made while their slaves work themselves to death for pittance. Makes sense.

That's part of it for sure.

 

[Stevicus]

As a species, yes. As a society no. What I mean by this is the ape/hominin species is inherently lazy. It is/was evolutionarily advantageous to minimize the amount of work one does.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/our-brains-are-hardwired-for-laziness-ubc-study-shows-1.4828474

It may be found in other species, too, such as lions, who sleep up to 20 hours a day.

 

[Estro Felino]

Considering how overpopulated the world is, I wouldn't say the world is lazy.
I'd say that it's a restless, and continuous mating. So much effort.

 

[Nakosis]

In general, are human beings lazy creatures? Yes or no, and please state your reasons.

Thank you,

Someone once told me if you want something done quickly and efficiently, give it to a lazy person. They'll find a quick, efficient way of doing it.

Kind of worked out in my job. Assuming people were lazy, I'd develop quick and efficient manufacturing processes for my company.

 

[VoidCat]

Hmm...lazy seems to imply that someone willingly does nothing all day cuz they dont want to do anything. Thing is most the time folk aren't lazy folk just use the term to insult folk for not always working 24/7 or and ignore struggles due to disability and other needs.

My thing is...are folks really lazy or do we just live in a capitalistic society that places value on working and never stopping to care for yourself or resting? That puts value on what you can do not on inherent human worth. Which demonizes disabled folk the elderly and sometimes even kids because of struggling to keep up with our fast paced always have to do things to be valued in society. Having to prove your worth rather then it be inherently there

The term lazy seems to a result of valuing human work over human needs...if you need proof of this ask a depressed person who can't get out of bed due to mental illness if they feel folk may find them lazy for laying in bed to rest.

 

[RestlessSoul]

 

[Heyo]

In general, are human beings lazy creatures? Yes or no, and please state your reasons.

Thank you,

People are lazy. Just look at all the technology we've developed to do the work for us.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Couldn't really answer yes or no but I think perhaps many or even most have a tendency towards laziness - as to thinking and/or choosing the easy ways so often - especially as to avoiding work, whether physical or mental.

 

[SalixIncendium]

None of the poll choices reflects my view.

Lazy as compared to what?

An ant? Probably.
A tree sloth? Probably not.

'Lazy,' like many other descriptives, is relative.


The question is akin to asking, "In general, are human beings tall?"