On 27 November 2013 07:22, meekerdb <[email protected]> wrote: > > Suppose you work for yourself instead of society. Or as George Carlin put > it, "If I'm here for other people, what are those other people here for?" >
"What has posterity ever done for me?" This is an evolutionary choice between being a loner or a herd animal. Some predators tend to be loners, a lot of prey tend to be herd animals. Humans appear to be prey - we generally do a poor job of surviving long term without the protection of society. Much as I like George Carlin, he wouldn't last long without the help of "all those other people" he's being dismissive of (or was he being ironic, to make a point? Sometimes it's hard to tell out of context). No one works for themselves in practice, though a lot of people would like to think they do, while happily accepting the benefits of living in a society - clean water, food, lack of predators, shelter etc. It should be a reciprocal arrangement. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
