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The reciprocal algorithm, the tug and pull of ego and empathy, defined by our triune brain structure is the basis as well as the dynamic of our social life as the highest mammalian life form. The energy-driven reciprocal algorithms of behavior keep us in almost constant internal conflict as ego and empathy tug and pull against each other in our daily, moment by moment, living as we interact with each other.
On the far of the subjective, on this side of the objective, on the narrow ridge, where I and You meet
(Martin Buber 1965: 204)
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Cory, G.A. (2000). Buber’s I and You: The Inner and Outer Dynamic of the Reciprocal Algorithm. In: Toward Consilience. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-4271-1_12
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