We already debated this, but just to give readers a little taste of my counter:
"Oh, it's not about fear of death or ego-driven at all. It's about allowing the complexity of the universe to actualize itself."
"Suuuure, it's not ego-driven at all, it's just about the universe's emergent properties arising specifically in the way you want them."
(As always, with a cheeky wink.)
(A cheeky grin returns)
Why should there be a separation between our wills and the universe that created them? Our ideological antagonisms are part of a larger game that is being played here and ultimately I do not believe either of us are right. Rather I would prefer voicing the desires that I as an individual have, and negotiating them within the "ego-driven" persuits of others' which results in an emergent cooperative framework.
Nevertheless I am excited to have your body heat power a virtual reality system built to hold anarcho-primitivists and luddites captive. (Kidding kidding)