Re: virus: Virus Maximus

David McFadzean (dbm@merak.com)
Thu, 14 Sep 1995 10:14:18 -0600


At 02:44 PM 9/14/95 +0200, marc wrote:

>> >how would you define 'self-interest'?
>>
>> Concerned with one's own agenda, as in the phrase "Everyone always
>> acts in their own self-interest but few admit it."
>
>but you agree with me that the origin of "one's own agenda" lies
>outside the self, no?

I think it is quite complicated to track down the "origin" of one's
interests. At any given time your agenda is a function of your agenda
at the previous moment influenced by the current environment. You
can trace the evolution of your self-interest all the way back to
when your neurons were first differentiating in the womb, but I don't
see a point where one's agenda comes completely from outside the self.

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