money = (evil)^(1/2)

"For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil."

The abated passion for knowledge has become a meager means for money. It isn't a matter of whether intellectual property should be protected-- by all means, give credit where credit is due; however, the incentive of our culture is that money is the main priority above all else. When I 'sponsor' an AIDs walk, I'm not trying to fund the motivation of the researchers.

The approbation of making profit proves my point. What is more important to our culture, that we have the opportunity to live cushy $50,000 lives this year, or that 11 million people have the opportunity to live? But then again, since money is our incentive to live, it appears we’ve encountered a catch 22. I pray that I grow to live my life aberrant from society’s accolade towards hedonism, because you cannot deny the cheapened value of other lives when the comfort of our own is at stake.