I'm suggesting that the ideal of being collaborative and altruistic is put on display while other motivations aren't. Which leads to an imbalance in the representation of ideas in forums like these. I'm asking whether that is true, if so why that is and whether that undermines the discussions here. — Judaka
f I can admit that I am prone to this kind of behaviour, that it's my nature and the nature of others to paint this pretty picture and present an image of ourselves that is pristine, can this be useful and how? — Judaka
Well, I'm with you, how does knowing what you know impact your opinions on how discussions play out on the forum or in similar discussions? Do you have a process by which you vet people for their authenticity or do you possess any general scepticism towards the discussions on topics where the motivation of displaying or hiding certain thoughts and behaviours is plausible from this point of view? — Judaka
My question is basically
1) Do you agree that posters on this forum generally and quite strongly emphasise altruistic and humanitarian aims?
2) Do you agree that people in the real world, while still being generally good people, are less concerned with being as altruistic?
3) If you agree then why do you think this is? — Judaka
To define collaboration as ‘working together for a common goal’ implies motive, — Possibility
I'm suggesting that the ideal of being collaborative and altruistic is put on display while other motivations aren't. Which leads to an imbalance in the representation of ideas in forums like these. I'm asking whether that is true, if so why that is and whether that undermines the discussions here. — Judaka
Once we determine where we want to go, what we hope to achieve, then collaboration is the most effective means to achieve this; the ONLY means to achieve anything. — Possibility
This might have been the case once, but it may not be the only way for people to reach their goals anymore, and I say reach their goals because they are individual goals.
Diversity puts a strain on collaboration. There are far more “tribes” with different agenda than we’ve ever had. Communities no longer have common goals. Who do you collaborate with? those with similar goals. Diversity creates adversity.
Collaboration might be like the vestigial organs in humans. It still seems to be part of being human and we act it out but it does nothing anymore and many no longer truly feel it. — Brett
You don’t have to ‘feel’ collaboration for it to occur, and it certainly doesn’t require common goals as such. Collaboration only requires that the outcome, not necessarily the motive, is the same. — Possibility
Once we can recognise and predict the outcome we’re chasing — Possibility
How is there an outcome without a motive? Could that happen? — Brett
How do we recognise the outcome we’re chasing, who’s outcome, how do we arrive at it? — Brett
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