Something to think about

For all we know, the wholly harmonious individual might be without the impulse to push on, and without the compulsion to strive for perfection in any department of life. There is always a chance that the perfect society might be a stagnant society.

Eric Hoffer
from The Passionate State of Mind



Given that this would be possible: Is this bad--to be without the impulse to push on and not strive for perfection? Why?

In addition, perfection is generally conceded to be impossible to attain, so those who strive for perfection are always dissatisfied.


Again, if possible: would a perfect society be a stagnant society? Is this a bad situation? Why?

Hoffer seems to be going against the current here, for there are thousands, if not millions, of people out there with their preconceived ideas about how to achieve the perfect society. Are all these people wrong, not so much as in what their ideas are, but simply in so far as they are attempting to create the perfect society?

Would you want to live in the perfect society--whatever that may be?

Or, do you think we already live in a perfect society?