There are two kinds of sufferers in this world: those who suffer from a lack of life, and those who suffer from a overabundance of life. I’ve always found myself in the second category. When you come to think of it, almost all human behaviour and activity is not essentially any different from any other animal behaviour. The most advanced technologies and craftsmanship bring us at best up to the super chimpanzee level. Actually, the gap between, say, Plato or Nietzsche and the average human is greater that the gap between that chimpanzee and the average human. The realm of the real spirit, the true artist, the saint, the philosopher, is rarely achieved. Why so few? Why is world history and evolution not stories of progress but rather this endless and futile addition of zeros? No greater values have been developed. Hell, the Greeks, 3000 years ago, were just as advanced as we are now. So what are these barriers that keep people from reaching anywhere near their real potential? The answer to that can be found in another question, and that’s this: which is the most universal human characteristic? Fear or laziness?