I have the feeling that it has something to do with the fact that being too cooperative makes live easy for the non cooperators. There must be many equilibria a

I have the feeling that it has something to do with the fact that being too cooperative makes live easy for the non cooperators. There must be many equilibria and some cultures stay at some middle level, they don't aim at the most productive ones out of fear not to be pushed into the least productive. Imagine being a cooperator with an evil dictatorship: https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/X5RyaEDHNq5qutSHK/anti-social-punishment#TB6L54XEXry3qWCxT https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/X5RyaEDHNq5qutSHK/anti-socia...