Hi Arlo, 2009/1/1 ARLO J BENSINGER JR <[email protected]>
> [Arlo] > To your P.S. points, absolutely. Social behavior afforded a huge > evolutionary > leap for early primates. The unintentional consequences of social activity > led > to unprecedented rapidity in the evolution of how man lives. > Real glad you agree. > To nitpick, though, you say "people join groups because to be in a group > has > potentially better survival prospects", I would say "groups survived > because > the afforded better survival prospects". They were not formed for a reason, you are right Arlo - my phraseology did not admit that subtle and important point. but after socialization made groups possible, their effect held value and so > they > persist. Today, no one "joins" a group. We are from the moment we are born > enculturated. Indeed, even before we are born our sensations are awash in a > milieu of culturally bound signals. "We" have never been alone. Right! We are then assailed with cultural signals the rest of our lives and they run us ragged for their own ends. How to find some respite from that? -KO Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
