From: Harvey Newstrom (newstrom@newstaffinc.com)
Date: Tue Nov 09 1999 - 09:52:33 MST
People work toward basic needs, such as food, first. After food, shelter,
finances are taken care of, then social bonding will become important.
Social bonding is secondary to the immediate physical needs.
-- Harvey Newstrom <mailto://newstrom@newstaffinc.com> <http://newstaffinc.com> Author, Consultant, Engineer, Legal Hacker, Researcher, Scientist. ----- Original Message ----- From: Cynthia <cyn386@flash.net> To: <extropians@extropy.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 1999 10:15 am Subject: Re: Will there be time to Relax? > > > I do not get this at all -- it seems that bonds of social trust would > have > > > been more valuable in times of scarcity. I'd appreciate a brief > explanation > > > of this idea. > > > > I don't have much more. We do know that in situations of extreme > poverty,such as > > during famine, people show the *least* social bonding. And as we have > > gotten richer, we have spent more time on activities whose primary purpose > > I think is social bonding: leisure, education, and health care. So I > hypothesize > > I think in time of plenty, social bonds widen. People in extreme poverty > tend to only care about their immediate family. > >
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