I don’t know what to do.
Just tell me what I need to do!
Most seek instruction for their lives — whether moral, economic or cultural: how should I live? How should we live? Is our interest in spirits, religions, histories a way to distract ourselves from the hard task of choosing how to live in every moment anew? Abstaining from that choice.
And our close interest in how others live. The brighter the light thrown on our neighbours’ fortunes, the sharper the relief.