In simple lingo, there are two possible realities -the first is “you are the most valuable precious commodity!, hence you must live up to who you truly are!” – this is the viewpoint of God (the Torah) the second is, you are rotten, you are meaningless, people are “crooks, liars and cheats;” so if you can win the rat-race by becoming the king, dictator, most feared or conversely celebrated person, only then do you achieve