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"Most of us ... because we aren't motivated by greed" History would indicate otherwise. Maybe most of us aren't dominated by our greed to the exclusion of all
by njharman 12y ago
"Most of us ... because we aren't motivated by greed"
History would indicate otherwise. Maybe most of us aren't dominated by our greed to the exclusion of all else / to sociopathic levels. But, most of us certainly are greedy. I suspect it's in our genes. Greed/hoarding (to a degree) being evolutionary strengths.
- Exenith 12y agoSome rudimentary consideration of what life is like in a tribe would suggest that greediness and hoarding are evolutionary weaknesses. If you take too much for yourself, others in the tribe get pissed off and get rid of you. If you have a tendency to hoard things, you're going to have a hard time managing a nomadic lifestyle that necessitates light enough loads to carry. Not to mention -- things rot, things break, things get lost, and if you've just used up all the natural resources around you, you're screwing yourself quite hard.
- xccx 12y ago"They are artless and generous with what they have, to such a degree as no one would believe but him who had seen it." -- Columbus describing the Arawak