▁every ▁way ▁to ▁[ human ity ' s ] ▁des ires ... ▁could , ▁theoret ically , ▁prove ▁as ▁dur able ▁as ▁that ▁which ▁would ▁have ▁existed ▁without ▁his ▁inter vention ▁( 3 6 ). ▁ ▁However , ▁the ▁principle ▁of ▁competition , ▁typical ▁of ▁Western ▁soci eties , ▁dest ro ys ▁any ▁chance ▁of ▁this : ▁ ▁The ▁competition ▁between ▁human ▁be ings ▁dest ro ys ▁with ▁cold ▁and ▁di abol ic ▁brut ality ... ▁Under ▁the ▁pressure ▁of ▁this ▁compet itive ▁f ury ▁we ▁have ▁not ▁only ▁forgotten ▁what ▁is ▁useful ▁to ▁human ity ▁as ▁a ▁whole , ▁but ▁even ▁that ▁which ▁is ▁good ▁and ▁advantage ous ▁to ▁the ▁individual . ▁[...] ▁One ▁asks , ▁which ▁is ▁more ▁dam aging ▁to ▁modern ▁human ity : ▁the ▁th irst ▁for ▁money ▁or ▁cons uming ▁has te ... ▁in ▁either ▁case , ▁fear ▁plays ▁a ▁very ▁important ▁role : ▁the ▁fear ▁of ▁being ▁over t aken ▁by ▁one ' s ▁compet itors , ▁ ▁the ▁fear ▁of ▁becoming ▁poor , ▁the ▁fear ▁of ▁making ▁wrong ▁dec isions ▁or ▁the ▁fear ▁of ▁not ▁being ▁up ▁to ▁sn uff ... ▁pp 4 5 – 4 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁this ▁book , ▁Lor enz ▁propos es ▁that ▁the ▁best ▁hope ▁for ▁man kind ▁lies ▁in ▁our ▁looking ▁for ▁m ates ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁kind ness ▁of ▁their ▁hearts ▁rather ▁than ▁good ▁looks ▁or ▁wealth . ▁He ▁illustr ates ▁this ▁with ▁a ▁Jewish ▁story , ▁explicitly ▁described ▁as ▁such . ▁ ▁Lor enz ▁was ▁one ▁of