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One other thought occurred to me later this morning. It seems like
there should be a connection between narcissism and an internal locus of
control (LOC), as well. Those of us who blame ourselves for bad things
that happen probably also take credit for good things that happen.
Hence, if you happen to have been born with symmetric features so that
others call you "pretty" _and_ you have an internal LOC, you might be at
risk for narcissism.
The same might be true for a connection between those with external LOCs
and a strong understanding of the commons. If you happen to have been
born into poverty _and_ you have an external LOC, you might feel a
strong sense of altruism toward a composition of the efforts of many people.
If that speculation held, then it would again be reasonable to associate
high connectivity between humans as correlative with an understanding of
the commons and external LOCs. And, if the commons and entitlement are
dual, then the former could be mistaken for the latter. Hence, the
increase in the commons and external loci could easily be mislabeled as
an increase in narcissism.
Thus spake glen e. p. ropella circa 10-03-24 07:27 AM:
> I suppose I would tend to think we're looking at a duality. The sense
> of entitlement is, somehow, the same as the sense of the commons, the
> obligation to share a social burden.
>
> Again, this leads me to speculate that this increase in that particular
> narcissistic trait (entitlement/commons) might be correlated with
> hyper-connectivity.
>
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