Would the world be more bland if we were forced to live only in the present?

Question

with no memory of the past and no visions for the future?

Answer 1

of course we are animals but with a difference....

all other animals live only in present with very less concern with their past or future.... but we humans have memory which enables us to take ur past along through present into the future.... and thts why we are called the great species...

in the absence of memory or vision we will just be like any other animal ... taking nothing from past...giving nothing to future......as savage... as wild... as wierd..... only a junglee...

Answer 2

We will become machines. It is a pleasure to ruminate over few of our pleasant experiences in the past and build castles in the air for the future. In fact without thinking of the future and planning our actions, we will live only to exist on a day to day basis. We will be missing one of the greatest benefit of human existence namely that of an inexhaustible thought process.

Answer 3

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment. "

Buddha

Answer 4

How it can be? If your life at this moment is not bland then it cannot be. Because the result of your present is how you have lived your life in past. So if you live your present fully and enjoy it then everyday of yours will be present and beautiful full of life. . .