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Altruism repays the best-connected individuals
Ever see the movie "Pay It Forward?"
Jody
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Altruism repays the best-connected individuals
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Socrates II
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5/29/2009 6:23:37 PM
The selfish gene
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ER
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5/29/2009 10:27:54 PM
re: The selfish gene
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Jody
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5/30/2009 12:34:49 AM
It depends.
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ER
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5/30/2009 1:02:45 AM
Such a wide range of if's and therefores.
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Jody
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5/30/2009 1:24:07 PM
"Republicans believe in a stronger sense of *you can do it yourself*.
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Lindy
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5/31/2009 4:46:28 AM
Thomas Jefferson sounds off on business in general and banks in particular.
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ER
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5/31/2009 1:19:08 PM
A bit wider context....
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TB
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5/31/2009 11:33:26 PM
An even wider context....
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ER
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6/1/2009 1:00:06 PM
re: An even wider context....
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TB
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6/1/2009 3:51:50 PM
The widest context of all
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ER
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6/1/2009 5:57:24 PM
Try this...
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TB
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6/1/2009 9:33:08 PM
Sounds like a plan.
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ER
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6/1/2009 11:50:36 PM
I won't yell at you,
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ER
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5/30/2009 4:45:10 PM
Therefore I take it....
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Lindy
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5/31/2009 5:09:58 AM
re: Therefore I take it....
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ER
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5/31/2009 12:16:01 PM
re: Therefore
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TB
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5/31/2009 11:42:43 PM
Poor baby! You're so helpless and abused, powerless, victimized.
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ER
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6/1/2009 3:43:43 PM
re: powerless
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TB
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6/1/2009 4:01:22 PM
Now you're insulting all our intelligences.
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ER
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6/1/2009 5:20:52 PM
re: insulting
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TB
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6/1/2009 8:53:17 PM
Read DeToqueville
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ER
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6/2/2009 12:18:36 AM
Actually ..
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Jody
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5/30/2009 6:01:10 PM
re: Actually ..the bottom line
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Lindy
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5/31/2009 6:24:30 PM
Ever see the movie "Pay It Forward?"
(n/t)
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Jody
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5/29/2009 8:15:08 PM
I did.
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Eri
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5/31/2009 4:05:52 AM
Altruism can also mean giving of oneself too
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Jody
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5/31/2009 8:54:45 PM
Related paper
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Socrates II
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6/3/2009 4:59:53 PM
One of the reasons I have learned to be very comfortable in solitude
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Jody
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6/6/2009 7:53:03 PM
How Close We Live and Work and How We Move Has Large Effects on Human Behavior
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Socrates II
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6/6/2009 12:31:28 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.