I agree much. Having a purpose in life can guide decisions. I believe life extends far beyond mortality, and what we become (virtues acquired, like honesty &

I agree much. Having a purpose in life can guide decisions. I believe life extends far beyond mortality, and what we become (virtues acquired, like honesty & kindness, learning) and our service to others are important. Edit: and earning an honest living to serve others and support a family is also honorable and good. There were some other HN discussions where I commented in more detail, and the containing discussions also have interesting comments. (And maybe I'm a cataloguing personality, and like these ideas...): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22129921 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22129921 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23452651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23452651 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28867645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28867645 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23553508 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23553508 (this one has a bunch of HN links to discussions on internal motivation) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19708786 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19708786