"If you don't make the world a better place, why exactly do you exist?" My feeling is that if you don't make the people around you better then you are not working hard enough, you're not bringing enough value to the table.
History is composed of individuals who pushed ahead--who for whatever reason, innovated and raised the playing field. And at the same time, they were combated every single step by people who cherished regression and lived for spite. We broke through each sociological, intellectual and economic barrier because one was a little stronger than the other. We avoided equilibrium and stasis through their will and their insistence on having the last word.
There are an infinite number of ways for you to be part of the former and an equally large and tempting number of ways to be part of the later. But it doesn't seem to me like it is much of a choice. So my question is this: If you're not spending your time trying to improve yourself and by extension everything around you, what exactly are you spending your time on?
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