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Why not cooperation? Competition lets a market — something not known to have human values — decide how you can serve. With cooperation, you work together with o
by avivo 10y ago
Why not cooperation? Competition lets a market — something not known to have human values — decide how you can serve. With cooperation, you work together with other humans and can decide together the best way to serve each other.
Of course, scaling cooperation, and especially decision mechanisms is hard. Markets are great at scaling at least (well, until externalities crop up), but they definitely aren't the only solution! (especially in a world with realtime worldwide computer mediated collaboration systems)
- TimTheTinker 10y agoScaling cooperation is impossible because for a given person, it can only work within that person's trust network.
- Retra 10y agoThat would only imply that it is difficult, not impossible.
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- TimTheTinker 10y agoGood point.
- lisper 10y ago> Why not cooperation? Because of the prisoner's dilemma.
- Joof 10y agoSolidarity my friend.