Are you familiar with Jonathan Haidt's work on the psychology of morality and the formation of superorganisms? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt htt

Are you familiar with Jonathan Haidt's work on the psychology of morality and the formation of superorganisms? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Haidt Here is one of Haidt's TED talks that touches on the ideas of cooperation, group selection, and the free-rider problem: http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_humanity_s_stairway_to_self_transcendence http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_humanity_s_stairway_... His Edge article on "Contingent Superorganism" https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10386 https://www.edge.org/response-detail/10386 NB: Also see this recent post on "information theory and the foundations of life" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13496133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13496133