Welcome to OBV! Glad you got to read this essay.

I realize that this type of pondering may be nothing more than “food for thought” but I still like to reflect on these things — really big-picture stuff about the whole humanity. Call me a megalomaniac.

But really, our needs have changed, at least in developer countries. I think we need to frame and identify those needs in new ways. This is the first time in history when some of us can begin to explore the realization of our innate potential. It’s understandable that some people can’t understand this, but that doesn’t mean that we should look for ways to think about this new pursuit.

ari

One thing in particular that I’d like to comment on is your use of “collective survival” to diagnose why our society does what it does. I think that clearly, this is the case. What’s also interesting is that most people probably don’t actually think of it in these terms.

And that might actually be a good thing