Thanks Frank !<div><br></div><div>Yes, I go along what you say about culture.</div><div><br></div><div>I would add a personal note, saying that from my own current point of view,</div><div>some of the information systems we may be using contain embedded "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meme">memes</a>" ( such as artificial scarcity in the current mainstream monetary system ) which may lead people to modify or adapt their culture,</div>
<div>or feel powerless.</div><div><br></div><div>Hence I look forward to alternative information systems that enable us to more easily make informed choices, for what to support, and what not to,</div><div>and how to get out of ( transaction and resource allocation ) information systems which do not promote the values and memes we which to support individually, as to enable emergent individual choices to create alternative economic and governance networks. :)</div>
<div><br></div><div>I sent a few posts on opencc lately</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://groups.google.com/group/opencc">http://groups.google.com/group/opencc</a></div><div><br></div><div>Greetings,</div><div>Dante</div>
<div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 3:55 PM, fran k <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:frank_bowman@yahoo.co.uk">frank_bowman@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" style="font:inherit">Thanks for this. <br><br><span style="font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline">CULTURE</span><br><br>For me the study and the subject and the mechanics of Culture is the most important subject.<br>
<br><br>It explains, and describes EVERYTHING. Climate change, to why we knowingly starve the mass of our species, and why we do not act. It is about the way we interact with each other, and why we do what we do. It is based on what value we put on behaviour. It explains the Israeli Palestinian conflict. It explains happiness, and it explains genital mutilation, and it expains sadness, and honour killings, and divisions between people.<br>
<br>CULTURE<br><br><br>It is not even a University Degree. Rather its subjects are split between many.<br><br>When you know how something works, thenyou
can do something abou it. <br><br>Id say there is a lot of knowledge about it in advertising.<br><br>Your email reminded me of this.<br><br>XFrank<div class="im"><br><br><br><br>--- On <b>Mon, 25/10/10, Dante-Gabryell Monson <i><<a href="mailto:dante.monson@gmail.com" target="_blank">dante.monson@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br>
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</div>Subject: [GiftEconomy] "five types of social value orientations" - motivational theory of choice behavior<br>To: <a href="mailto:gifteconomy@lists.gifteconomy.org" target="_blank">gifteconomy@lists.gifteconomy.org</a><br>
Date: Monday, 25 October, 2010, 14:10<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div><div><span style="font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;line-height:19px"><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">See below the "altruistic" category defined in social value orientation...</p>
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<b><br></b></p><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em"><b><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Value_Orientations" target="_blank"></a>Social value orientations</b> (also referred to as <i>social motives</i>, <i>social values</i>, or <i>value orientations</i>)</p>
<p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">is a <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_psychology_%28psychology%29" title="Social psychology (psychology)" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(6, 69, 173)" target="_blank">social psychology</a> motivational theory of choice behavior in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_theory" title="Game theory" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(6, 69, 173)" target="_blank">game</a> situations advanced by David M. Messick and Charles G. McClintock in 1968.<sup style="line-height:1em;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Value_Orientations#cite_note-Messick68-0" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(6, 69, 173);white-space:nowrap" target="_blank"><span>[</span>1<span>]</span></a></sup> Unlike the traditional <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rational_choice_theory" title="Rational choice theory" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(6, 69, 173)" target="_blank">rational choice theory</a> in mainstream <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics" title="Economics" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(6, 69, 173)" target="_blank">economics</a>, which assumes that all individuals make choices that maximize their own <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_form_game" title="Normal form game" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(6, 69, 173)" target="_blank">payoffs</a> in <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_dilemma" title="Social dilemma" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(6, 69, 173)" target="_blank">social dilemma</a>situations, social value orientations consider <a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personality_psychology" title="Personality psychology" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(6, 69, 173)" target="_blank">personality</a> differences across individuals which leads to a range of preferences for one’s own well-being and the well-being of others.<sup style="line-height:1em;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal"><a rel="nofollow" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Value_Orientations#cite_note-Offernman96-1" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(6, 69, 173);white-space:nowrap" target="_blank"><span>[</span>2<span>]</span></a></sup></p>
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<span style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:13px"><br>Social value orientations are based on the assumption that individuals pursue different goals when making decisions for which the outcomes affect others. Social psychologists generally distinguish between five types of social value orientations. The main difference between each category is the extent to which one cares about his or her own payoffs and that of the other in social dilemma situations.</span><span style="float:right;margin-left:5px;font-size:13px"><br>
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<span><br></span></h2>Social Value Orientations Categories</span><ul style="line-height:1.5em;list-style-type:square;margin:0.3em 0px 0.5em 1.5em;padding:0px">
<li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Altruistic</b>: Desire to maximize the welfare of the other</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Cooperative</b>: Desire to maximize joint outcomes</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">
<b>Individualistic</b>: Desire to maximize own welfare with no concern of that of the other</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em"><b>Competitive</b>: Desire to maximize own welfare relative to that of the other</li><li style="margin-bottom:0.1em">
<b>Aggressive</b>: Desire to minimize the welfare of the other</li></ul><p style="margin:0.4em 0px 0.5em;line-height:1.5em">Most individuals are either cooperative or individualistic.</p>
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