-- 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.
>
>