On Mar 31, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Lizeth Norman <[email protected]> wrote: > > All u guys that post code to push up your little ego and then don't help > > when it sucks need to see a shrink.
*and* On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Scott McGrath <[email protected]> wrote: > [This] [h]as nothing to do with ego boosting has more to do with paying it forward > for all the snippets of code and diagrams we used in the past to jump start > our own efforts *I do not think motivation can be reduced simple categories such as "ego" or "paying it forward." Both are parts of human nature, and both (and actually many more, e.g., faith, hope, and charity), in various proportions, make good things happen in the World. No one has to be totally selfless to do Good, and no one (or very very few) is really driven only by ego. * * * *Some do good work and give it away, perhaps unconsciously hoping for some *recognition* and maybe even some *praise.* Those are two very basic and very understandable human needs, except for a sociopath. Similarly, because humans are *social* animals, they also have needs, however sometimes suppressed, to *add value* to the lives of others. Egoistic impulses are not bad *per se*, any more than the desire for *power* is by itself bad. Without *power*, nothing can be accomplished, for good or bad. Likewise, though unrestrained ego--"self will run riot"--is a social nuisance and sometimes a danger, ego itself is what makes people get up in the morning. * * * *It is, therefore, sometimes more important to look to outcomes rather than motivations. From a practical standpoint, it matters vastly more that Good is done than that some superhuman purity of motive is behind it. This is well demonstrated in the Open Source hardware, software, and knowledge movements. * * * *73,* * * *Todd* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ K7TFC / Medford, Oregon, USA / CN82ni / UTC-8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ QRP (CW & SSB) / EmComm / SOTA / Homebrew / Design _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
