06. November 2016

The Dalai Lama and Arthur C. Brooks in a op-ed column in the New York Times on November 4, 2016 (http://nyti.ms/2fiQt4h) explain the underlying anger and fear of so many Americans living in the social world. That anger and fear goes beyond mere objective deprivations and exploitation. Human beings need a subjective sense of meaning, of being valued in the social world, and contributing something positive to that world before they die. That sense of meaning and value can mean a lot of different...