Infantilisation?

Question

It has been suggested that although we like to think we're adults (or mature teens, at least), we're really nothing but babies, because we often expect people to cater to our whims, and don't often take initiative. Also, people waste a tremendous amount of time and resources in a misguided attempt to gain happiness and attention through pleasure.

Anyway, what do you think of this theory? Do you agree that most of the inhabitants of first-world nations are infants?

Answer 1

infantilisation?that a real word? looks like a promising read...


*off to wikipedia*

Answer 2

Yes I do. All of our adult behaviors are mirrored in children. I think this is because humans are emotion dominant and not reason dominant. We prefer to win rather than solve, prefer to play rather than work, and prefer to argue rather than understand. We are nothing but children but we're too childish to realize it.

Answer 3

every human being has rudamentary basic wants and needs. these are things that through your life you have learned that give you happiness or pleasure. Chemically your mind subconsiously remembers things that caused endorphine release and you craves these things.

Answer 4

Sociopathy is pretty much the norm, yep.