To wim and marco and gang,
wim:
For the first 2 levels I'm fine with both Marco's 'Something is better than
Nothing' & 'Alive is better than Dead' (17/2 15:21 +0100) and with Rog's 'It
is better to last' & 'It is better to adapt' (23/2 13:32 -0500).
For the 3rd level, I agree with David B. (17/2 16:31 -0700) that Marco &
Rog's 'Together is better than Alone' & 'It is better together' lead into
trouble by suggesting a contest between individual and group. As an
alternative I'd suggest 'Proven practices are better than unproven ones' or
'It is better to do that which worked before'. This encompasses both
individual habits and group practices that are copied by those who feel they
'belong'. This principle creates both stable patterns of individual behavior
and stable, recognizable groups.
rog:
I sense that your reformulation of the social level principle misses the
mark. It IS about social interaction and working together and roles and
status and division of labor. In addition, it does involve a contest between
the group and the individual. In fact this is a central tenet.
On the other hand, I have absolutely no idea where to go with this thread
assuming the unlikely event that we ever could reach agreement (We tried
something like this in the quontonics forum a few years ago to massive
frustration)
Rog
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