Greetings Economists, On Jul 9, 2007, at 8:59 AM, ravi wrote:
Well to be honest, I read the next paragraph which led me to wonder... hmm... isn't that exactly how the mainstream and the Right describe us in the Left? But then, I have mentioned that before...
Doyle; Apparently some people feel (quoted from the 'lenin' article) narcissistic is the 'sick' equivalent of individualism. It's so stupid to say that about a cognitive disability simply because an ignorant assessment of cognition is nigh onto superstition. There is an interesting article here: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/science/index.html about Williams Syndrome persons. In part because it gives a clearer picture of 'affiliative' behavior and where it comes from. What emerges from that is a structure of human needs poorly understood about building social connection in terms of how cognition works in people. For example the article suggests that language skills or 'science' skills rarely balance in people. Or so they say anyway. Do we have a sense of why? Democracy is supposed to be about how the system speaks connection in the public body. That assumes cognitive structures which are really speculation about how to build functioning large scale connections. To sum up individuals are not narcissistic personalities except in a disabled cognition sense. That they are not connecting is about social structure not disability. What is language connection? What is social connection or as the article points out the distinction between affiliation and language in Williams syndrome. As to conspiracy, one sees in the same article how gossip is an important tool in constructing connection between people where deception can hurt someone. That means that our tools of communication are not up to what affiliation processes require. thanks, Doyle Saylor
