The Paradox of Perfection

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My lecturer back then in uni once spoke about a utopian economy where poverty is nonexistent and the economy experiences what is known as full employment. This topic was in macroeconomics, where we were being lectured on the various macroeconomic goals.

I listened attentively even though I couldn’t quite grasp the lessons in the lecture. When the lecturer spoke about unemployment and one of the macroeconomic goals being full employment, he made mention of the impossibility of such a thing, such that even where there are jobs, we would always have individuals who aren’t willing to work.

As I grew older in my field of study and even measured in it, it all started to make sense. Unlike the underdeveloped nations with widespread involuntary and disguised unemployment, the developed nations battle with voluntary unemployment and people who just want to cheat the system for handouts and freebies.

Back then it never made sense why someone would be given opportunities to excel and they won’t make adequate use of them, but then it gets clearer with time and experience.

You see, the world that we live in today is a reflection of our collective actions and inactions. Like I say to everyone cursing out the government, everyone is culpable. I mean, if we keep getting bad leaders all over the world, it just goes to show that humanity is by default flawed and tilts towards chaos.

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We often hear people say life has no balance, but when we look at life in its purest form, we’d see that it’s being shaped by human decisions. Again, given how formless and free life is, it becomes a double-edged sword, and no one is spared. You can be doing the right thing and have the consequences of someone’s bad decisions rub off on you.

Just like we see people born into poverty already starting life at a very disadvantaged position. While very few crack the code to be successful by putting in just the right amount of work and wisdom for fortune to smile on them. There are others who turn to crime and become a threat to the society.

It’s almost like the world is constantly being sabotaged to create competitive environments. I don’t know if it’s just me, but living a life where everything is peachy gives me anxiety, like something is wrong.

Personally I am of the opinion that a perfect life will bring about the end of humanity. Somehow, I see that the challenges of life bring out the best in us. We are alert, calculative, and productive because we live in an imperfect world.

People put in their best because they want to stand out. It’s almost like a race where the excitement is in winning, and what fun would a race be if there were no winners? I mean, where would the sense of fulfillment come from if there are no alternative measures to growth?

I see that without all the trouble stirred by human actions, we have no purpose for living. A perfect world would, in my opinion, create dull minds. We have all these inventions and technological advancements today because of how imperfect the world is. Now bring in Utopia and see creativity wither.