Personal Mastery... Selfish? LO17126

T.J. Elliott (tjell@IDT.NET)
Sat, 21 Feb 1998 13:49:11 -0800

Replying to LO17112 --

Christian Giroux wrote:

> I consider that the difference between me and a zombie is that I
> have aspirations, desires and goals in life, and I have the freedom to
> take steps to achieve those. That's what makes me a human being. That's
> why I'd be a weak and helpless creature without others, because I would
> not have the means to achieve my dreams and my aspirations, I would have
> no means to "be"...

Thank you for articulating that, Christian. Reminds me of Karl Weick's
comment to the efect that all making sense of the world is social and HIS
paraphrase of Margaret Mead that society preceded mind. There's a tension
that exists between the "I" and "We" but they each give the other meaning.
(In My Humble Opinion, of course)

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