why are there people like this?

Brian Hillman. Most do not know him, few will ever. He is completely obsessed with the Ivy League, to the point where it causes him constant anxiety and unnecessary stress. When asked what he wants out of life, Brian wrote this little piece that he refuses to post on his blog, http://brosiusblog.blogspot.com. It sickens and saddens me at the same time.

The only thing I want out of life is fulfillment; nothing else matters. To be more specific, I want to be a professor of philosophy at an elite university, an astrophysicist who has contributed notably to the study of the cosmos, or a mathematician, who works at an elite university as a professor or otherwise. I also need to be respected, and to be able to publish some of my writings. However, to get there, I must go to an elite university (by elite I am referring to a group of 10 at most), and if I cannot get there, I cannot accomplish any of my goals, and if that scenario plays out, I ought not to exist. I hope to be on this earth just long enough to accomplish these goals. Fun, enjoyment and happiness are illusions that prevent people from being productive and shield them from the fact that their lives are pointless. I would say that only a few people in society are worthwhile, but the other people need to exist for there to be humans. This is a somewhat Nietzschian ideal of the Übermensch, but it is true that most people do not lead fulfilling lives, and the few, Stephen Hawking, Kurt Vonnegut, Andrew Wiles, and President Bush are among the elite who live important lives. The rest of us are just hear to populate the earth, and starve it of its resources that make our existence possible. I would do anything to be of this important class, but I feel that my anxiety is preventing me from achieving this status. While you may hate me for saying this, my intelect is sufficient to be among the likes of the productive, or at least I believe so, and no I am not comparing to President Bush, he is not a bad president but his intelect is far from remarkible. In summation, I obsess over being a productive member of society, and if I do not get into an Oxford or Harvard (Princeton, Yale, etc.), I have absolutely no chance at achieving anything, and therefore I am an unneccesary burden on society, and my existence is out of an intrisic human selfishness to desire to life.