Yes, I totally agree that everyone should work with the wider long term best interests at heart. This covers all sorts of areas, one I'm particularly passionate about is the disgusting states of the streets being strewn with litter. That is due to short term narrow minded laziness in most cases, we should all be proud of the environment and make a little effort to keep it tidy, everyone benefits.

This was an extreme situation though, as one of the other posters mentioned revising for A levels by candlelight, I'm sure that's not something we'd want to become the norm.