"Your goals should be to effect positive change in the world."
Should it? Why? What makes positive change a more valid goal than making more mans? (http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2481) And in turn, what's so morally bankrupt about the pursuit of fun? With a focus on the individual, it would seem to value human life more than simply measuring the size of the shadow you cast.
The type of moral code that I have described is more constructive both for civilization and for the individual.
As far as Darwin or simple propagation, our science and technology have taken us beyond natural human evolution.
The pursuit of fun without regards to positive social change or individual growth does not create medium or long term benefit for the individual or society.
Generally moral codes which explicitly take into account social responsibility are more beneficial for society. The current state of affairs in our consumerist capitalist society disproves the common belief that individual interest magically translates into common interest.
Should it? Why? What makes positive change a more valid goal than making more mans? (http://www.smbc-comics.com/?id=2481) And in turn, what's so morally bankrupt about the pursuit of fun? With a focus on the individual, it would seem to value human life more than simply measuring the size of the shadow you cast.