Ouch.
But if you, Alexander, grow in power, unchanged at the root of your
personality, it is good for all of us. I believe selfishness in the case of
intelligent, sane people can be to our common benefit.
On the other hand, there is the saying "power corrupts, absolute power
corrupts
absolutely." I have personally seen how science-minded people who originally
started out working together openly, for altruistic reasons, change the moment
there is money to be made. It is like a phase-change from liquid to frozen,
each individual suddenly different than before.
- PW