The Value of Selfishness

A guide to self-respect in a society obsessed with altruism

Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash

From a very young age, we’re taught that one of the greatest risks to our popularity and success as an individual is our own selfishness.

We’re encouraged to think of other people wherever possible — to put their needs before our own. But for some of us, the real issue isn’t that we’re being too…