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Kurzweil: But that's nothing new. They fight over travel money in every
American university.
Kriseova: Here, they become very selfish. Everybody is fighting for him–
self.
Kurzweil: Again, that happens everywhere. Except it's not necessaril y
articulated.
Kriseova: They have better manners. Here they have scandals and they
remain in their jobs. After a big scandal, they don't step aside.
I am trying to find out what individuals can do in order to live
decently and not be frustrated. I don't really think I am going to explain
anything to mankind. I am doing it for myself; this is my problem.
Kurzweil: You seem to be quite utopian.
Kriseova: Yes, I am.
Kurzweil: I think that utopia cannot work, that you're bound to be dis–
appointed. But I hope I'm wrong. Yes, you can be successful on a one–
on-one basis, but it is very difficult to set up an organization and not
have that new organization get corrupted and be run by some individ–
ual who is able to shape it, as it were, in his image and for his interests.
Kriseova: 1 am trying to work on such a private program for the good
of society, to suggest different activities.
Kurzweil: Which society?
Kriseova: I am concerned with civic society. I give readings in libraries,
without compensation. They don 't pay, because they don 't have any
money. There are always openminded people who are in real trouble.
They ask you questions and you are able to encourage them. These
activities explore my own program, and make sense for people who are
unsure, who need a push. Many young people are asking me questions.
Sometimes I feel completely overloaded because I am too social; I am
functioning as an unofficial and unpaid director of complaints.
