Actually, you're both wrong. Politics is a coping strategy we inherited from our social ancestors, nothing scientific or intelligent about it - it's an emotional behavior.
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&gs_rn=7&gs_ri=psy-ab&cp=13&gs_id=1g&xhr=t&q=chimpanzee+politics&es_nrs=true&pf=p&sclient=psy-ab&oq=chimpanzee+po&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.44158598,d.b2I&fp=14b8b13aa4492d2c&biw=1751&bih=873 ---- Moritz <mor...@headstrong.de> wrote: > Can we slowly move back to crypto on this list, and discuss politics and > cypherpunk or whatever definitions on the new one? > > On 26.03.2013 06:19, James A. Donald wrote: > > Politics is collective decision making. Cypherpunk is opposed to > > collective decision making. > > Definition of POLITICS [Merriam-Webster] > 1 > a : the art or science of government > b : the art or science concerned with guiding or influencing > governmental policy > c : the art or science concerned with winning and holding control over a > government > > 2 : political actions, practices, or policies > 3 > a : political affairs or business; especially : competition between > competing interest groups or individuals for power and leadership (as in > a government) > b : political life especially as a principal activity or profession > c : political activities characterized by artful and often dishonest > practices > > 4 : the political opinions or sympathies of a person > 5 > a : the total complex of relations between people living in society > b : relations or conduct in a particular area of experience especially > as seen or dealt with from a political point of view > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > cryptography@randombit.net > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography -- -- -- -- -- Venimus, Vidimus, Dolavimus jamescho...@austin.rr.com jcho...@confusionresearchcenter.org rav...@ssz.com james.cho...@g.austincc.edu jchoate00...@gmail.com james.cho...@twcable.com h: 512-657-1279 w: 512-845-8989 http://hackerspaces.org/wiki/Confusion_Research_Center http://confusionresearchcenter.org http://arbornet.org (ravage) Adapt, Adopt, Improvise -- -- -- -- _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
