Is Buddhism the Perfect Operating System for a Society to Thrive?

Buddhism is not the perfect operating system for a society to thrive, says Ravi Agrawal. But there are certain things in buddhism that give us an unusually good look at what it's like to be us and how we can better our lives by deliberate use of attention. He defends some pretty radical claims about the extent to which we're deluded - such as 'the self doesn't exist'