To be or to become?
The question is whether you should become something or you just be something if you happen to be.
Whether you need to be smart, or just be smart if you happen to be.
Whether you need to be good, or just be good if you happen to be.
Whether you need to be helpful, or just be helpful if you happen to be.
Whether you "should", "only if it is fun" or "if it happens to be".
"To be or to become?"
Many moral, social and cultural dilemmas appear to me as mere decorations of this fundamental question.
(More elaboration when I can put some time into this)
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