Re: Re: Survivor

[Brad De Long <delong@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> All true, but you omitted the key social ethic of "Survivor:" all
> alliances are
> temporary, and no friendships are real. When people work
> cooperatively to build a
> shelter, their real goal is to be the last one sleeping there. As a
> consequence,
> there can be neither genuine trust nor  genuine human connections.
> "Survivors" is
> a uncannily accurate ( but I assume unintentional) case study of
> what "looking out
> for number 1" does to the social fabric and our sense of community.
>
> Joel Blau

Nicely put...