Even before the world ended, countless sayings like that had existed.
Humans are born as creatures who pursue goodness.
And humans are born as creatures who pursue evil.
Or perhaps they are creatures who use tools.
Others have called humans thoroughly rational creatures.
I can't say they were wrong—or that the opposite is true.
But if there's one truth countless sayings fail to touch on, it's this.
Calculation.
Humans are creatures who calculate.
They calculate the benefits they stand to gain and the losses they'll have to bear when they make a choice...
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