In the absence of a functioning moral compass, I suppose this is a workable definition.
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Sarbajit Roy <sroy...@gmail.com> wrote: > What the majority of people do IS the right thing. Wisdom of crowds and so > on. > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 10:03 PM, Douglas Roberts <d...@parrot-farm.net> > wrote: > > Geeze, Nick. > > You can't make people do the right thing. People have to want to do the > > right thing. People don't want to do the right thing. (Speaking in > > majority terms now, minority exceptions don't count). Things won't > change > > until people change. When will that be? Not in our lifetime, people are > > slow learners, and relatively stupid, statistically speaking. We're > talking > > on the evolutionary time scale before the collective good will come > before > > the individual profit on this particular spec of the cosmos. > > --Doug > > BTW, I'm a realist. Not a pessimist, nor an optimist. Roger probably > > understands. And Steve. I kind of wonder about some of the rest of you, > > though. > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > -- Doug Roberts drobe...@rti.org d...@parrot-farm.net 505-455-7333 - Office 505-670-8195 - Cell
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