just a quick list of some things i really did not realize ten years ago.
- it is possible to function in the world without one's entire being devoted to self-interest. there exists in the world certain people who really do not care for personal fame and fortune.
- vegetarians are not all that weird.
- consumer marketing is called that, precisely because they want us to consume more.
- the consciousness/mind/soul/body is a much-studied, gigantic and possibly unresolvable problem.
- a lot of people who are much smarter than me, and are better human beings than me, by any measure, make painfully little money. in fact, many struggle to make a living.
- there really is something called internal happiness/contentment/satisfaction.
what are the things i will realize ten years from now?
