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Re:Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up with Depression by aaron-lebo on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @01:08PM (#15402019)
I don't agree with your assertion wanting to live a long long time has anything to do with ego.

It's the definition of ego: a person's sense of self-esteem or self-importance.

It's not a moral argument, it's the recognition that your desire to live all of those lives is an egotistical thing (this is not a judgment).

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Re:Unselfish People Are More Likely to Wind Up with Depression by Retric on Wednesday October 04, 2017 @02:44PM (#15403161)
Feeling important has little to do with wanting things.

Poor people want be rich and have a Mansion not because the think they are important enough to have a Mansion, but because being able to afford a Mansion is better than not being able to afford a Mansion.

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