the rational-agent model of human nature, which dominates economics, is based on a sampling error. Globally the “Western self…is a rather peculiar idea.” Models of it are based on overwhelmingly WEIRD (western, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic) research. But most humans aren’t all WEIRD. Not yet. - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/mind-guest-blog/2013/07/05/every-day-is-interdependence-day/