It Is All About You

The first chapter of Dawkins book "The Selfish Gene" raises a rather interesting theory: when you do an action that is altruistic you do it from a selfish motive. YOU help an old lady to tell the story later or to get positive words from her that will make YOU feel better. YOU help your boss because YOU want to get a raise and so on. That is logical because we live in a competitive world we have to work our way up. Ambition leads us towards this altruistic/selfish path and it's normal. Where would we be without thinking of ourselves?

I chose my friends depending on how much their conversations will interest me. I care about them because I want them to do the same for me.

 For example when I help my mom I know that in the future I can bring that "altruistic" action into our discussion as a perfect defense. Through it like a bomb: "I helped you clean the other day. I'm not being rude all the time. How unfair of you!" BOOM! There, I survived the obstacle that was placed upon my path. Isn't that what we all do? Help to be helped?

 The thing is we do to get and that is okay, that is reciprocity.

Reciprocal Agreement, Kandisky.

You may find yourself staring at this picture. I've seen people find it very interesting. The artist is exploring something very peculiar: interest. What draws peoples attention about this work is that it talks about them. It talks about YOU. You are the subject of the work and that is fantastic. The work can be linked to Dawkins theory, because it aims to expose humanities egocentric nature.