Do you ever despair at the apparent lack of regard for the "social contract" by so many?
Do you ever despair at the apparent lack of regard for the "social contract" by so many?
In this case, I'm referring to the notion that we all make minor sacrifices in our daily interactions in service of a "greater good" for everyone.
"Following the rules" would be a simplified version of what I'm talking about, I suppose. But also keeping an awareness/attitude about "How will my choices affect the people around me in this moment? "Common courtesy", "situational awareness", etc...
I don't know that it's a "new" phenomenon by any means, I just seem to have an increasing (subjective) awareness of it's decline of late.
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I love this! I posted it a few weeks back an no one replied. I love talking about it. It genuinely did alter my personal philosophies when I saw it back in 2017 or whenever.
One thing I had forgotten until going through it again was how important Nicky says the environment is to forming trust. A Everything about being a copycat is moot when we are in environments without repeat interactions and without non zero sum games.
This was really neat, thank you for sharing it.
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Thanks for linking that! I really enjoyed it.