the commons blurs the boundaries of altruistic and selfish intent

  • for me and therefore for you
    • eg look after yourself so you can care for others
  • for you and therefore for you
    • eg treating someone in a tit-for-tat
    • eg compersion
  • for me and therefore for us
    • eg collecting resources, giving overflow
  • for us and therefore for me
    • eg collecting abundant resources, taking overflow
  • for us, just for us
    • I am inherently one of us
  • for you, for you
    • I cannot determine if you’ll interpret this as a gift or loan or debt, etc

  • do these fundamentally differ or not?