Human Actions Are Calculated And Individualistic
Economic theories look at the ways in which the production, distribution, and consumptions of goods and services are organized through money. Rational choice theorists have argued that the same general principles can be used to understand human interactions where time, information, approval, and prestige are the resources being exchanged. According to this theory, individuals are motivated by their personal wants and goals and are driven by personal desires. Since it is not possible for individuals to attain all of the various things that they want, they must make choices related to both their goals and the means for attaining those goals.
Individuals must anticipate the outcomes of alternative courses of action and calculate which action will be best for them. In the end, rational individuals choose the course of action that is likely to give them the greatest satisfaction.
One key element in rational choice theory is the belief that all action is fundamentally “rational” in character.
This distinguishes it from other forms of theory because it denies the existence of any kinds of action other than the purely rational and calculative. It argues that all social action can be seen as rationally motivated, however much it may appear to be irrational.
Also central to all forms of rational choice theory is the assumption that complex social phenomena can be explained in terms of the individual actions that lead to that phenomena. This is called methodological individualism, which holds that the elementary unit of social life is individual human action. Thus, if we want to explain social change and social institutions, we simply need to show how they arise as the result of individual action and interactions.
Графоманский бред. Взаимозаменяемыми ресурсами, за счет использования которых люди достигают намеченной цели являются не "время, информация, одобрение и престиж". Этого категорически не достаточно для получения задуманного эффекта. Нужны ещё предметные компоненты: материя и энергия. И общий комплект взаимозаменяемых ресурсов можно назвать так: силы, средства и время. Недостаток одного можно компенсировать добавлением другого. Не хватает сил, надо добавить средств и/или времени, чтобы достичь цели. Не хватает средств надо добавить сил и времени. Не хватает времени, надо добавить сил и средств. Как-то так.