We control the world basically because we are the only animals that can cooperate flexibly in very large numbers. And if you examine any large-scale human cooperation, you will always find that it is based on some fiction like the nation, like money, like human rights.
Copy QuoteA nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom.
Copy Quote View & ShareMoney cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none.
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