human motives

Most human motives tend on scrutiny to assimilate themselves to the　game spirit. It is little matter, if any, what we set ourselves to do; it is imperative to have some objective in view, and we seize upon and set up for ourselves in view, and we seize upon and set up for ourselves objectives more or less at random. - getting an education, acquiring skill at some art, making money, or what-not. But once having set ourselves to achieve some goal it becomes an absolute value, weaving itself into and absorbing life itself. It is just as in a game where the concrete objective - capturing our opponents' pieces, carrying a ball across a mark, or whatever it may be- is a matter of accident, but to achieve it is for the moment the end and aim of being. And, as in a game again, so with life generally, the social situation furnishes much of the driving power, though again there are many who can become intensely interested in solitaire.("Risk Uncertainty and Profit" Frank H. Knight p.53)

経済学を勉強しながら、こんな文章に出会うとは思いませんでした。

本当にその通りです。

「目標をどう立てるか」をどの程度重要視するか、ってのは一つの悩みどころだよね。