Looking through the comments here, I can't help but feel like folks are missing the forest by looking at individual trees in the article. It doesn't matter if

Looking through the comments here, I can't help but feel like folks are missing the forest by looking at individual trees in the article. It doesn't matter if you go into finance or washing cars - it's the mentality that you have toward life and others. It is the short sightedness that we are born with, that breeds selfishness and leads us down the path of ignorance that the author laments. The idea of 'get mine, worry about the rest later' attitude. That's a child's attitude. When there's unrest in the minds of parents, they worry and urge their children to go for the sure thing. That's ok. But do they remind their kids that once you land a good job and make a living, that there's more to it than that? That if you're going to do something, do it well? That if you're in a good place, be nice, be humble? I don't know. I've seen the mass media apparatus grow more and more desperate, risk averse and pathetic to please their lords of 'More money, more! Or else there's somebody else in line who will make more and replace you!' It's become so bad even the modern billionaires (Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and others) are devoting time to trying to fix the system. We're going toward recognizing we have to be supportive of one another and Americans have poisoned their own well of compassion while fighting against the Soviet Union. 'Communism' is a bad word and as soon as you speak of doing something positive and broad for others without getting 10x returns on your investment, people associate it with communism and have a sour taste in their mouth. There's no quick solution that I can see in sight but the idea of only doing things for profit has to go. Just stop, be nice, be humble, learn, give and receive. When you get sick, that money isn't going to buy you friends and family who sit by your side and care for you.