Never like this year, due to the pandemic, have we been faced with the dichotomies \u201cus and the others\u201d, and even more, the conflict between I take care of Myself (and I\u2019m selfish) or I take care of the Other (and I\u2019m selfless).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The competitive paradigm leads us to think (feel) that caring for the Other may be foolish, since we\u2019d privilege the other\u2019s life over our own. And, in return, it leads us to think (feel) that caring for Myself can be mean, since it\u2019d show contempt, a devaluation of the other\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Studies on the evolution of societies show that cooperation, collaborating with the other, has excellent results for everyone. Reciprocity, symmetrical exchange, taking care of in order to be taken care of is an excellent incentive to get out of the dichotomy \u201cI\u2019m strong but mean\u201d or \u201cI\u2019m good but weak.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Indeed, reciprocity can also lead to \u201can eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth\u201d attitude but the pandemic is teaching us that taking care of the other is the best way to take care of oneself. And that reciprocity of care is much more effective as a way of \u201cselfishness\u201d than to triumph in a revenge that only leaves us more alone, without the Other, but also without ourselves. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nunca como en este a\u00f1o, por la pandemia, nos vimos enfrentados a las dicotom\u00edas \u201cnosotros y los otros\u201d, y m\u00e1s acentuado aun, el conflicto entre me cuido Yo (y soy ego\u00edsta) o cuido Al Otro (y soy altruista). El paradigma competitivo nos lleva a pensar (sentir) que cuidar al Otro puede ser tonto, ya que privilegiar\u00edamos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1001,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pensamientos"],"yoast_head":"\n