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"Last week we discussed Adam and Eve’s discovery of the future and the revelation of the possibility of the future, including the possibility of tragedy and suffering in the future. It’s our knowledge of the possibility of tragedy and suffering in the future that motivates us to sacrifice in the present, so that we can reduce the unnecessary anxiety, uncertainty, and pain that awaits us. Now, that’s a negative way of putting it. We’re also doing it so that we can have some joy, and so that we can make life better, and all of that. That’s not trivial. But the fundamental issue, especially once you have small children, is to stave the suffering the hell off, right? That’s what you want to do. That’s your primary moral obligation if you’re a person who has any—if your eyes are open, at all, that’s your primary obligation. And so you make the sacrifices that are necessary, and you set up the future."

Relacionar com "Sem poupança estamos já a gastar o futuro". Depois, quando a tragédia acontece, e não é se vai ou não acontecer, mas quando vai acontecer, a culpa será de Abel dos alemães, do que poupa, do que se sacrifica, do que se prepara para o futuro.


Trecho retirado de "Biblical Series V: Cain and Abel: The Hostile Brothers Transcript"