20 Feb 09 Virtue is its own reward and the key to true happiness

This speech by Barry Schawrtz about our loss of wisdom and the importance of virtue emphasises a lot of what I ranted about in this extraordinarily long post (for those who were bold enough not to bounce).

It is nice to hear this espoused so elegantly.

Interestingly, with the advent of social media, it is becoming apparent that the rewards of virtue are becoming greater, as is authenticity.

As awareness continually increases about other people, and ourselves, the best parts of society are being magnified as social solutions put an end to our anti-social past. Corparations are learning this and are beginning to behave more like the “persons” that they are legally defined as. Oddly, people are beginning to behave more like corporations too…