> If we look at human anthropology, we see a species that treats solitary confinement and banishment from society as punishments — we are a society because we c

> If we look at human anthropology, we see a species that treats solitary confinement and banishment from society as punishments — we are a society because we can cooperate and trust a little — but when are safely back in society, we start competing like mad (and cheating like mad) as though the society is there to be strip-mined. I really like this quote. We simultaneously value trust and community, yet so many people also treat it as just another resource to turn into money and power. Alan Kay is a real gem.