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Humans aren't entirely selfish for a raft of reasons: kin selection, reciprocity, reputation management, and signalling trustworthiness. They are also sometimes manipulated into unselfishness by others, or by parasites (that promote pro-social behaviour to help spread to other hosts). Much the same also applies to corps - despite the "shareholder value" rule.

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Robin: I think Tyler's comment on his blog wasn't intended as a response, but simply to give background context to your reference to "mood affiliation" in your post. I don't think he was suggesting your present post should be viewed through the lens of hypocrisy.

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