I like to think of a helpful ego and an unhelpful ego. My helpful ego allows me to function in society with others to get my needs met and help the community I

I like to think of a helpful ego and an unhelpful ego. My helpful ego allows me to function in society with others to get my needs met and help the community I am part of be successful. My ego in this case is my interface to the world and this "personality" is how people know me. I know I am more than this and there is a mysterious self behind this mask that I'm trying to understand. I think the unhelpful ego is thinking I know things without evidence through faith and belief. Then judging others on how closely they align with my beliefs. My unhelpful ego sets me apart from others and sometimes causes me to circle the wagons with like minded people in opposition to others. Life is a competition for survival, so even this ego is helpful in some circumstances, but is often problematic and starts wars, murders, lawsuits and other hostilities. I don't know what happens after I die. I don't know where loved ones who passed went. I don't know why I was born or what I'm supposed to do here. I don't know that if I wire up enough transistors that my machine will become spontaneously conscious. I don't know that God exists or has a plan for me. I don't know if I am an individual with free will who acts independently from others. I don't know if I am living in a simulation. The list of things I don't know is immense. When I start pretending I know things is when I start getting in trouble.