The Value Of Other People Is That

We Have A Reversal Of A Longstanding Trend, From Rising Inequality Across Nations And Constant Or Declining Inequality Within Nations, To Declining Inequality Across Nations And Rising Inequality Within Them.

In A Consumer Society, People Wallow In Things, Fascinating, Enjoyable Things. If You Define Your Value By The Things You Acquire And Surround Yourself With, Being Excluded Is Humiliating.

The Tragedy Is What - Given The 'right Circumstances,' - Normal Decent Folks, Like You And Me, Will Do. This Is What Makes Me Worry Whenever Looking On The Road That Israel Entered And Shows No Intention Of Leaving.

Life Purpose May Be Shifted From Achieving A 'steady State' (an Equilibrium Between Desires And Plausibilities) To The Excitement Of Running After Novelties. In Other Words, Be Guided By New Desires, Not By Extant Needs.

The Inequality Between The World's Individuals Is Staggering.