> SV earnestness has always been a con. Again, people love to say it, like it sounds smart. Humans are earnest and deceitful, to varying degrees at varying tim

> SV earnestness has always been a con. Again, people love to say it, like it sounds smart. Humans are earnest and deceitful, to varying degrees at varying times. We do acheive earnest goods; we have human rights, for example, democracy, and lots of peace (but not enough). We have a choice, free will, the moral choice of thousands of years of (much) religion and philosophy.