The only task left for philosophy is to demonstrate the futility of philosophy, the purposeless of intellectual enquiry and discussion, the meaningless of the terms it uses and the statements it makes. Human history becomes simply the record of what men wanted to do, from one age to the next, and has no internal logic or meaning. Once Man had become the player rather than the plaything, the world became his playground. Games are the religious services of the Rosy Vision, and sports of every variety hold up a mirror on the world - life is a game. Economic Consequences In Idle Theory, the purpose of the economic activity is to raise human idleness, to provide leisure.
Economic growth is measured in increasing idleness.
What people do with their idle time, what they may make and sell each other in that time, is secondary to the prime purpose of economic development. But in the Rosy Vision, leisure is regarded as the given condition of humanity, and all of life, from birth to death, is idle time. It follows that in no sense can economic activity be seen as generating leisure, because leisure is the natural condition of humanity. Instead, the economy can only be concerned with producing a wealth of goods and services that people want for their enjoyment, to add interest to an otherwise idle tedium. Rather than sit on their backsides and do nothing, they adopt a work ethic, and forego their idleness to generate an income of real wealth.