The Chinese word for “selfish.” The Chinese attitude toward selfishness and the one-child policy. Staying in the U.S. vs. going back to China: Is one of those options selfish? Which would make you happiest—and would you choose that option? Are we missing a word? Can selfishness be a good thing? How should it be defined?

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Dan Norton Episodes Around November 1, 2019

#1 - Introduction

#2 - Freeway courtesy, etc.

#3 - Sacrifice, etc.

#4 - Love

#5 - Exercising, Ayn Rand

#6 - Career

#7 - Christianity, Mormonism, suicide, etc.

#8 - Jesus Christ and selflessness

#9 - "Self-focus"

#10 - Balancing selfishness and selflessness

#11 - Mutual selfishness to mutual benefit, etc.

#12 - Religion, communism vs. capitalism, and much more

#13 - Staying in America vs. going back to China

#14 - Selfishness and the law, eye for an eye

#15 - Selfishness and the military

#16 - National self-interest and the public good

#17 - How to understand the word “selfish,” yoga, and senses of “self”

#18 - Relationship selflessness/selfishness; asian selflessness

#19 - Is creating art selfish? Would you do something that you didn’t expect to benefit you?

#20 - A discussion with Prof. Bernard Molyneux about selfishness and egoism

College Selfishness - Altruism or Weakness? (excerpt From The Selfishness Project #3)

American individualism vs. Asian collectivism (excerpt from TSP #12)

Chinese Asian Selflessness In Choice Of College Major (excerpt From TSP #18)

Income inequality: capitalism vs. communism (excerpt from TSP #12)

Is it selfish to stay in America or go back to China? (excerpt from TSP #13)

Religious Selfishness? (excerpt from TSP #12)

Self vs. world: Which would you choose if you could only serve one? (excerpt from TSP #6)

#21 - Selfishness and Indian philosophy

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