You who are on the road
Crosby, Stills & Nash – “Teach Your Children Well
Must have a code that you can live by
And so become yourself
Because the past is just a good-bye.
Yes, we have to work together. If we hadn’t done that, we’d have never made it out of the caves, and the first part of 2001: A Space Odyssey would have been the last part, too.
But whilst we’re doing that – whilst we’re trying to conform our actions to the greatest possible good – we have to also remember something ironic: Our greatest possible contribution to the whole is our truest and most authentic selves.
The individual is meaningless without the collective, and the collective is meaningless without the individuals that make it up.
The most selfless thing you can do with your life is to properly be yourself.