E(life) = E(people) + E(yourself), where E(yourself) is largely determined by E(people) such that E(life) approx 2 E(people)
are we living for ourselves or living for other people?
are our actions and thoughts governed too much by the opinions and reactions of other people?
i guess in this intricately linked global community, it is hard to make it big without considering the views of the other people around you, no matter whether their views are reasonable or not.
humans are born with this desire to excel.. it is innate.. and its expression is being determined by the environmental conditions as well as the upbringing of the individual.
as such.. baorong's hypothesis: the world will not end due to Ice Age or anything else, but due to humans biting each other's heads off..