It's a disconcerting piece but not wholly surprising. He's never made a secret of his feelings about God, although this lambasting of self-made people in favour of "givers" (voms) is an unpleasant and disquieting read.
on the other hand?
anonymous
April 11 2006, 06:56:29 UTC
Perhaps it is something psychological, but in order for humans to be happy they normally have to have something--anything--beyond themselves and their desires to focus on. Many Atheists are happy with family, their work, creating, etc. Other folk, see helping others (humans) as the only worth while activity for any number of reasons--some of which religious. You and I have observed many instances where people have "everything" but don't enjoy anything because there is no "other" outside of their imediate (sp?) interests. Once again, it can be a building, or it could be sociology, or business, or art etc, but it just can't be us. An exception could possibly be when individuals create a greatly idealized mental figure of "them" or "I" on which to focus upon, say in some types Buddhism and some interpretations of Objectivism.
Personally I just find it funny that a guy who argued for rational egoist model of human behavior would make a speech like that.
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Personally I just find it funny that a guy who argued for rational egoist model of human behavior would make a speech like that.
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