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There’s more to life than profit

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

The Importance of Expression in Value

The author of a new book, Bentoism, argues that our self-interest is bigger than we realize. He says value systems rule outside their domain all the time and are ultimately the cause of tyranny in the world. And so he's trying to solve problems by getting more out of what we want for the future instead of just optimizing like hell for now.

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