Cultural Imperialism

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1356607]

Comments

Re: Seriously

[andrewducker]

Now that's a _great_ comment.

I can't remember the name for the circles of interconnectedness, but The Monkeysphere is the term I tend to use.

Dunbar's Number probably helps here too.

I'm with you, by the way. I'm motivated by selfishness and altruism, and the "further away" someone is, the less altruism there is. There's probably an inverse square rule or something :->

Re: Seriously

[woodpijn.livejournal.com]

I'm motivated by selfishness and altruism, and the "further away" someone is, the less altruism there is. There's probably an inverse square rule or something

the_alchemist made an interesting post about something similar this recently (unfortunately friends-locked), although her post was purely about time and space proximity, rather than social. She calls it the Proximity Rule, and says she doesn't have one.

Re: Seriously

[andrewducker]

In which case I assume she either never helps anyone at all with anything, or is constantly in a state of dire poverty as she gives away all of her time and money to help other people.

Re: Seriously

[woodpijn.livejournal.com]

As I emphasised, she means time and space, not social; but on that scale AIUI she tried the latter and found it unsustainable, so moved to the former at the cost of being thought callous.

Re: Seriously

[andrewducker]

Aaaah. Interesting. I'm glad she found a method that worked for her.