Hi Erkka!
As usual, a great and thought-provoking blog post. My first comment is about Eego-Lemorah. When he was avoiding the hunt, why didn't anyone ask him why he didn't want to hunt? What is he doing back home while not hunting? Maybe hunting grosses him out. Maybe he's a vegetarian. Maybe he wants to work on his dance moves and when the hunters come home, treat them to a night of entertainment that fills up their souls. Maybe, with communication and empathy, the tribe can view the people who don't fit into the individualist societies as contributing a different purpose. Maybe widening the scope of what it means to be a contributing member of society just enriches the whole. In this way, individualism creates a flourishing community. Really, the perfect answer is the beautiful marriage of both of these tribes, in which each person is able to live to their fullest potential, while at the same time realizing that at the end of the day, we are all One, and that what I do to contribute to the welfare of my tribe just enriches my own life.

At the end of it all, these debates boil down to: what is the end goal of a human life? Do we believe that this life is all there is, thereby making our here and now pleasure the priority, or are we driven by the idea of forward movement through time, of opening our hearts to improve the lives of each person and in doing so furthering our own path toward enlightenment? I can't help but see these discussions as spiritual questions that we have become afraid to ask.

You are wonderful! Keep 'em coming!
Clem