{"id":70,"date":"2012-09-23T21:43:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T21:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.michaellaitman.kbb1.com\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2014-09-17T08:40:12","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T08:40:12","slug":"self-interest-vs-altruism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/books\/self-interest-vs-altruism\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-Interest vs. Altruism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Self-Interest vs. Altruism in the Global Era<\/em>\u00a0presents a new perspective on the challenges currently facing the world. Dr. Laitman shows the reader that the problems of the world are the consequence of humanity\u2019s growing egotism. In that spirit, the book suggests ways to\u00a0<em>use<\/em>\u00a0our egos for society\u2019s benefit, rather than merely for our own self-interest.<\/p>\n<p>The earlier chapters offer a unique understanding of humanity\u2019s existence on this planet and how our collective egoism has influenced the development of our society.\u00a0\u00a0By understanding the ego and its origins the reader discovers a new understanding of the global integral existence as the remedy for society\u2019s ills. The final chapters address our current social and political challenges, and explain how we can use our egos to resolve them, rather than continuing the downward cycle that humanity finds itself in.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"KabbalahBooks.info\" href=\"http:\/\/kabbalahbooks.info\" target=\"_blank\">kabbalahbooks.info<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-Interest vs. Altruism in the Global Era\u00a0presents a new perspective on the challenges currently facing the world. Dr. Laitman shows the reader that the problems of the world are the consequence of humanity\u2019s growing egotism. In that spirit, the book<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/books\/self-interest-vs-altruism\/\">L\u00e4s mer &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":118,"parent":40,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"sidebar-content-page.php","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/70\/revisions\/72"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michaellaitman.com\/se\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}