[lbo-talk] Left-neoliberalism: a bold strategy for the year 1999

[Maria Gilmore]

On Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:14:32 -0400, Marv Gandall <marvgand at gmail.com>  
wrote:>
> In the real world, although you might guess, based on the circumstances,  
> whether or not you will meet someone again, you cannot know for sure.  
> Moreover, in the ancient world of hunter-gatherers, limited movement  
> meant a second encounter would be much more likely than it is in the  
> populous, modern urban world.
>
> No need, then, for special mechanisms to explain generosity.

And don't forget the importance of word of mouth in human communities!  I  
don't have to be cheated by you directly; your reputation can precede  
you.  If I've been cheated by you, you better believe all my family and  
circle of friends know it too.  Richard Dawkins, for all his dickishness,  
makes this point in his writings on the subject.

Maria