This is a YouTube video titled "Redefining Selfishness" containing a conversation recorded on February 20, 2021, featuring multiple speakers including Ask AI Mark. The discussion explores the concept of selfishness from a broader perspective, emphasizing delayed gratification and personal growth that benefits others.
So I think it's just extension of the law, having a longer view of understanding what selfish really is. And selfish has to do with delayed gratification. If we look, if we project far enough ahead of us, and it's not just immediate gratification. If I pick your pocket and steal your wallet, well, what's more selfish than that? And now the next time I'm in Maui, I'm going, Geez, I hope Mark ain't here, man, 'cause he's after me. Now I bought time. I've created stress, created yellow lights in my future because I now have to go through life looking over my shoulder. Well, which one's more selfish? To live in a way where I don't have to go into the future looking over my damn shoulder at the crumbs I've left.
Yeah. That's so true. So, you know, I think that's a very unique perspective because most people think of sort of them as opposite, either selfish or selfless. And I think it's important to remember that our own personalities are the wedge through which we go through the world and actually have impact on the things. And I agree. I think I see that in my own life where things that I had to do for myself have also benefited others. So I got really sick when I was younger and had to figure out what was wrong with me. It was very selfish because I wanted to feel better, but that what I learned helped me help so many other people. All right, I want to change.
Let's bring up this. I think everyone, if you don't want to purchase yet what I'm talking about, about being selfish out there, I think we can all admit that we do a hell of a lot more and we're a hell of a lot more true and better when it's personal.
