I go by need not greed ....personal sovereignty with negotiation

Indeed so.

My pleasure.

You answered your own question...

Sounds all good there.

You're right about that.

I was going to comment somewhat along the same lines. I would have to question the poster's statement, "I firmly believe the root of human suffering and intolerance is... personal biases." I can see where there is a lot of misery caused by our failure to be consistently rational and instead make bad decisions based upon our biases, but on the other hand these biases undoubtedly exist for some reason, some of which might not be all bad. They seem to be largely baked in to how our brains operate, and if they were totally stripped away, what would we have left? I kind of view them as vestiges of our evolutionary past that helped us get to where we are right now, and as such have perhaps been useful. The question for us now is what would we be without them? Are they not at all tied to some characteristics we may view as positive such as empathy and generosity? It might be interesting to contemplate what a totally unbiased person would be, perhaps indistinguishable from a robot? And would that be a good or bad thing? Certainly biases should be recognized and controlled as much as possible, but I am a little hesitant to brand them as necessarily all bad.

@MrJoyBoy I did say that I think that the root of all evil is personal biases, and I stand by that statement. However, I never said I think every one of the known biases are inherently bad though, there is a difference there. I haven't contemplated what a totally bias-free individual would look like, as I don't believe any such individual(s) exists in the first place.

@SpikeTalon I think it would be quite possible to do quite evil things without biases. If a person was a sociopath they may have a totally undistorted view of the world but just not have any caring for the welfare of others. Just blaming everything on biases might be a little unfair. In any event, I guess the point would be not to eliminate biases but to acknowledge them and maintain control over them. That would be where stuff like science and critical thinking would come into play. But then I know people who consider themselves critical thinkers and yet still seem to fall victim to their biases. I probably do, too, but it's hard to see in yourself, of course.

@SpikeTalon We need many of our biases. Without them, we would go crazy trying to process every bit of stimuli in every moment.

Whatever our position on this topic, it is fascinating and powerful.

@BryanLV That it is, quite fascinating.

@MrJoyBoy I don't know about the evil acts part, I'd still contend that someone who committed an act of evil must have some underlying bias, unless you are talking about mental illness in which case I'd question if said individual even has the mental capacity to sustain any sort of biases? It is hard at times for one to come to terms with their biases, but we certainly can always try to better ourselves though.