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Bloggers realize self-interest isn?t everything

By Kevin OKeefe

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Traditional economic models assume that people are self-interested, they do things which are in their financial interest. But at some point, people begin acting for the greater good. This per the New York Times' Robert Frank's article, 'When Self-Interest Isn?t Everything.' Though Frank's article was about the phenomenon of political campaigns driven by supporters? willingness to set narrow self-interest to one side, I couldn't help but think of bloggers publishing content for the greater good. Especially blogging lawyers giving away knowledge they usually sell. We already have 5 or 10 thousand lawyers engaging in online conversations offering insight and commentary in niche areas of the law. We're accumulating free legal information at speeds never seen before...continue to full post

Full post as published by Real Lawyers : Have Blogs on February 10, 2008 (boomark / email).

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