RE: Survival of Fittest ? Why not Survival of brotherhood and Peace ?
March 21, 2014 at 12:55 pm
(March 21, 2014 at 12:11 pm)Cato Wrote: I think the suggestion that we as a species are more competitive than cooperative involves some level of negativity bias. When I consider what we have collectively accomplished over the last 10,000 to 15,000 years, I can't help but conclude that we are largely collaborative.
Consider this, what if the prevalent social demand of individual excellence is simply a means of extracting the most from individual potential in order that the group may further benefit from the increased contribution?
Yes, but the growth of our coorperativeness over the centuries seem to primarily be driven by the the value of local cooperativeness in global competition. We coorporate to better compete to a vastly greater extent than compete to better cooperate.
