They understood that they were embedded in an interdependent social web and they knew that their decisions had to take into account not just self-interest but the collective interest as well.
Rather, the collective interest will be increasingly frequent as a deciding factor in our daily choices.
On the other hand, wise leaders see the big picture and put collective interest before any personal goals.
They want to stand out, yet are expected to set aside the national interest for the collective good.
Under Mr Putin the political system is held together by the collective interest of those who divide up rents, combined with occasional repression.
To the contrary, it is in their collective interest to work with the United States against this phenomenon while there is still a chance to do so peacefully.
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The Treasury tried to correct this flaw by encouraging the National Association of Pension Funds to create a so-called Pensions Infrastructure Platform (PIP), which brings together disparate pension funds with a collective interest in putting debt and equity into new British infrastructure.
They will learn to be a leader who influences without controlling, who defends the culture and values of the commons first and foremost, and who collaborates with others to effect change but only when that change is in the best interest of the collective.
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From my experience, privatization has very limited possible benefits when it comes to concerns that have collective interest, and it is certainly not a solution to large scale public education problems or issues, unless, of course, the intent is to leave most everyone out in the cold, which gets me back to why I worry about comments like these.
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It is not a lobby or an interest group, has no collective financial or political interests, and has no agenda.
What's new in the past couple of years is a broader phenomenon a surge of collective projects by survivors, corresponding with a keener and more systematic interest by prevention experts in their potential contributions.
Students with federal loans breathed a collective sigh of relief Friday afternoon when Congress approved a bill that will keep interest rates low for another year.
She figures that kind of interest reflects the growing influence of the Internet, where the power of loosely-structured collective action is proven out everywhere from Twitter and Wikipedia to eBay.
Many resources are subject to collective action problems: if each actor pursues what is in his or her short-term interest, things will go much less well than if all agree to abide by rules that are in the common interest.
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