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> sects of people were uncooperative and competing with each other all the time And those groups who cooperated with in-group better have repeatedly outcompete
by golergka 8y ago
> sects of people were uncooperative and competing with each other all the time
And those groups who cooperated with in-group better have repeatedly outcompeted groups that didn't cooperate as well.
- eanzenberg 8y agoUp to a point. Successful cooperation seems to be through family ties or common upbringing, such as the vikings or spartans.
- jpadkins 8y agomodern corporations outcompete family or upbringing based orgs.
- golergka 8y agoIf you look at history, cultures that have managed to form a wide group identity have wiped out cultures that relied on close, tribe-like cooperation. Here's a short clip from Sapolsky's lectures on behavioural evolution about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQKTnau5AEY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQKTnau5AEY I originally watched the whole lecture course, so I don't know how well the point gets across in this clip, but I highly recommend his lectures for this and other related subjects.