But systems become
Does self-interest drive greater good? By: IceCreamYou (17 replies) Sat, 11/15/2008 - 12:00am
- Deus_Ex_Machina wrote: But By: IceCreamYou (01/02/2009 - 10:13pm)
- IceCreamYou wrote: Not the By: Deus_Ex_Machina (01/02/2009 - 3:17pm)
- Deus_Ex_Machina wrote: The By: IceCreamYou (12/04/2008 - 12:48am)
- IceCreamYou wrote:It doesn't By: Deus_Ex_Machina (12/03/2008 - 10:59pm)
- greenhattedamigo By: Sunshine (11/28/2008 - 10:18pm)
- Sunshine wrote:I mean yeah By: greenhattedamigo (11/27/2008 - 9:52pm)
- I mean yeah but if By: Sunshine (11/27/2008 - 8:51pm)
- Sunshine wrote: Well I don't By: IceCreamYou (11/27/2008 - 12:10pm)
- Well I don't think this By: Sunshine (11/27/2008 - 8:06am)
- with globalization hitting By: TheOne (11/27/2008 - 3:45am)
- Sunshine wrote: the butcher By: IceCreamYou (11/23/2008 - 10:15pm)
- the butcher isn't corrupt By: Sunshine (11/23/2008 - 9:41pm)
- IceCreamYou wrote:That By: greenhattedamigo (11/23/2008 - 8:34pm)
- That assumes that people are By: IceCreamYou (11/23/2008 - 12:13am)
- I agree with Rousseau in By: greenhattedamigo (11/22/2008 - 9:27pm)
- But systems become By: IceCreamYou (11/20/2008 - 9:32pm)
- I think that the latter By: greenhattedamigo (11/20/2008 - 9:16pm)
IceCreamYou thinks it's a good thing so many...
But systems become corrupted, and falling from higher hurts more. Is it worth the trade-off, or is there an alternative? We tend to look at the peak of a civilization when we talk about its living standard, but those peaks often last only a short period of time in comparison to the civilization's existence: so is the relative lower standard (that is the result of a fall from greatness, which is itself a result of corruption, which is a result of self-interest) an acceptable price to pay for those moments where the system works as intended?
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So it goes.