"All of the crimes committed by the highest, wisest, most principled species the planet have ever produced shows that beyond a doubt; that we are also the lowest, craziest, most blood drenched species. This is our shame, our Paradox."
~ A Moral Ape
There are people who describe the behavior of Homo-sapiens (Man-smart) as nothing more then an effort to get as many genes as possible into the next generation.
Freud has already nailed this point in his essays on Human Sexuality. More specifically the Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality. But I am not here to discuss his Essays. What I am here to discuss is about you. Yes, the individual who moves through life without knowing your impact or role in the grand scheme of things.
Why do we do what we do? Following the norms and mores of today’s society, we are convinced by people in positions of “authority” that the best if not only route towards self sustenance is via the acumination of wealth, by wealth I mean monetary wealth. The generation which is hemoglobin of our great cities is infected with the vastly temporal “religion” of money-chasing. Submerged in this religion one easily forgets that money is a means to an end, and not a means in itself.
But how often does one question in depth to what ends does this wealth serve them? Does it even serve them well? Does it, after all that’s been said and done, doest it make one happier?
There are people who describe the behavior of Homo-sapiens (Man-smart) as nothing more then an effort to get as many genes as possible into the next generation.
Freud has already nailed this point in his essays on Human Sexuality. More specifically the Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality. But I am not here to discuss his Essays. What I am here to discuss is about you. Yes, the individual who moves through life without knowing your impact or role in the grand scheme of things.
Why do we do what we do? Following the norms and mores of today’s society, we are convinced by people in positions of “authority” that the best if not only route towards self sustenance is via the acumination of wealth, by wealth I mean monetary wealth. The generation which is hemoglobin of our great cities is infected with the vastly temporal “religion” of money-chasing. Submerged in this religion one easily forgets that money is a means to an end, and not a means in itself.
But how often does one question in depth to what ends does this wealth serve them? Does it even serve them well? Does it, after all that’s been said and done, doest it make one happier?
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