Can I Make Myself a Better Person?

Can anyone do this?

Can any society do this?

The answer, for most people, seems to be "Not really. Superficial changes are certainly possible (we make them all the time) but fundamental changes, that change who we are, are not likely or desirable."

This last attitude, that change is not desirable. is fundamental in itself. And will determine what we are, and will become.

But let's look at this more carefully. In America, in the Fifties, we were convinced that anything was possible - the sky was the limit. The result was a booming economy. and people who could easily go to college.

This did not last, however.  We lost faith in ourselves and concentrated on our things instead. Making better things was easy - making better people was hard,

We went for the easy stuff.