Altruism?

Saw this link from Ed's blog.

http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/04/05/be-mindful-of-the-affective-gap/

What Catherine Lim has written is exactly the feeling that I've been wanting to express.
I couldn't have said it better myself.

But there's one striking point that I have resigned to:
We Singaporeans are bred to be pragmatic, success-driven, and we desire material well-being in this meritocracy.

The higher up you are on this ladder of merit, the more you expect to get out of it.

What I see is that, altruism is hardly alive in contemporary Singapore.

Lets face it, we aint living in a utopia. Everyone here is pretty much pragmatic and individualistic.