To those who appreciate this fact, it is evident that the desires, aims and standards of satisfaction which the dogma of “natural” economic processes and laws assumes are themselves socially conditioned phenomena.
Dewey argues that economic desires and standards are influenced by social conditions rather than being purely natural.
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Competition will continue, but it will be less rivalry for acquisition of material goods, and more an emulation of local groups to enrich direct experience with appreciatively enjoyed intellectual and artistic wealth.
If the technological age can provide mankind with a firm and general basis of material security, it will be absorbed in a humane age.
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