One other thought occurred to me later this morning. It seems like there should be a connection between narcissism and an internal locus of control (LOC), as well. Those of us who blame ourselves for bad things that happen probably also take credit for good things that happen. Hence, if you happen to have been born with symmetric features so that others call you "pretty" _and_ you have an internal LOC, you might be at risk for narcissism.
The same might be true for a connection between those with external LOCs and a strong understanding of the commons. If you happen to have been born into poverty _and_ you have an external LOC, you might feel a strong sense of altruism toward a composition of the efforts of many people. If that speculation held, then it would again be reasonable to associate high connectivity between humans as correlative with an understanding of the commons and external LOCs. And, if the commons and entitlement are dual, then the former could be mistaken for the latter. Hence, the increase in the commons and external loci could easily be mislabeled as an increase in narcissism. Thus spake glen e. p. ropella circa 10-03-24 07:27 AM: > I suppose I would tend to think we're looking at a duality. The sense > of entitlement is, somehow, the same as the sense of the commons, the > obligation to share a social burden. > > Again, this leads me to speculate that this increase in that particular > narcissistic trait (entitlement/commons) might be correlated with > hyper-connectivity. > -- glen e. p. ropella, 971-222-9095, http://agent-based-modeling.com ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
