1. Neither do I, I have even created a thread about this kinds of things.
This is probably because we are both stabile Ts. For me is not sensory, just something that has to be done.
Oh no. I
lerv food. I don’t overeat by any means, but I enjoy it. A lot. But again, it’s a sensory thing. I like the taste, the textures. The idea of getting attached to food, emotionally, is just ridiculous to me. That having been said, I can see the possibility for people getting attached to the
idea of food. In some way. Maybe. It’s not something that I can relate to, though, so I have no real idea.
But this sort of relates to the point you made about Western culture and the short-sightedness of Western societies.
People may go out and buy something, not because they need it, but because they want to. These decisions are certainly not based on any sort of long-term logic, which is what is required (Is this what you mean by a ‘shift towards T and N’?).
Anyway, now that I understand (I think) where you’re coming from, I’d have to say I pretty much agree with you.
Currently a lot of decisions are made with seemingly little regard for the future. I’d say a lot of these decisions are based on perfectly acceptable logic (and/or emotions, etc.) but the main issue is the lifespan of these decisions. The decisions are often only logical in the short-term. Someone's hungry and there’s a fast food joint right around the corner which happens to sell a meal cheaper than what they'd get if they drove to the supermarket and bought healthier food. So the person goes and buys some sort of deep-fried lard in a wrap with extra cheese, and short term, they’ve solved their problem. In the long term, they’ve created another one.
I see a lot of politics in this light. There are a lot of short-term decisions made because that’s all that counts in the life of politics. If an elected official tries to implement a long term plan that doesn’t produce the desired results as quickly as a short term fix, they’ll get voted out.
So we need a shift towards long term or sustainable decisions. Is this what you’re getting towards?