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text:1 "The Buddha's core message is that human nature is not fixed".
I found this to be very interesting, yet rather controversial. Sure, some people can act against what people find to be human nature--and do great things because of it--but for a society as a whole, I'm not sure its possible. We can see that many Utopian visions, ideas that work out perfectly in theory, disintegrate in practice because not enough people can truly go against primal instincts to optimize themselves, even if it is at the expense of others. I don't mean to say that humans are innately bad, or selfish, but when it comes to our performance, we are certainly a little prideful. If this is a good or a bad thing, some times it is difficult to tell.
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"People in the World's emerging nations may need to have their three televisions and two cars long enough to assure themselves that these luxuries are not the be all end all of human existence"
I actually really enjoy this quote. I think it perfectly describes a part humanity's flaws. We all like to think that the grass is greener on the other side. People in emerging nations see our wealth, and they want it. However, there are people in America who see the simpler lives of those in emerging markets and yearn for the days when everything was simpler and did not seem so profit driven. I'd like to think that there is a balance, as there is with almost everything else in life. There has to be a middle ground where the majority of people on Earth have access to at least basic commodities, so that they are comfortable, yet no one is overconsuming because an advertising agency told them to. In this middle ground is where I feel people will be the happiest
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