Social Behavior

Ellen Willis Writer, Activist

"Whatever their limitations, Freud and Marx developed complex and subtle theories of human nature grounded in their observation of individual and social behavior. The crackpot rationalism of free-market economics merely relies on an abstract model of how people "must" behave."

Terence McKenna Ethnobotanist, Philosopher, Writer

"We need a pharmacological intervention on anti-social behavior or we are not going to get hold of our dilemma."

Judith Martin Poet

"Etiquette is about all of human social behavior. Behavior is regulated by law when etiquette breaks down or when the stakes are high - violations of life, limb, property and so on. Barring that, etiquette is a little social contract we make that we will restrain some of our more provocative impulses in return for living more or less harmoniously in a community."

Judith Martin Poet

"Meanwhile, the empty forms of social behavior survive inappropriately in business situations. We all know that when a business sends its customers 'friendly reminders,' it really means business."