We quickly learned that we had overestimated everything: the ability of our vehicle, the distance we could travel in a day, the amount of money we needed and our desire to be away from home.

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So very often, our self-interest will just stop our desire to do what's right.

所以我们的自身利益,会阻止我们去做正确的事。

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But it is also connected to our desires for domination and the desire to exercise tyranny over others.

但它也与我们,对他人的支配欲,及欺压欲有关。

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