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>Nearly everything distinctive about our species is a form of cooperation. Such a great quote. This idea is echoed in Sapiens' statement that cooperation is th
by wintermutestwin 5y ago
>Nearly everything distinctive about our species is a form of cooperation.
Such a great quote. This idea is echoed in Sapiens' statement that cooperation is the superpower of our species. This idea undermines the oft-posited claim that greed is an intrinsic part of human nature.
- xtiansimon 5y agoInteresting. Does cooperation build on imitation or do they co-evolve?
- skulk 5y agoThe article also contains the following quote that accommodates greed into the picture. Paraphrased from memory: > Selfishness beats altruism within groups, while altruistic groups beat selfish groups. Moving from the former to the latter is group evolution.
- mjburgess 5y agoGreed is just another dimension to cooperation. Asocial species don't have "greed", because it means nothing for one individual to "hoard" against another. Greed exists precisely because the species is social, not despite it.
- rex_lupi 5y ago> Asocial species don't have "greed", because it means nothing for one individual to "hoard" against another. You mean Eusocial[1]? Individuals of an asocial species would want to maximize its 'own' chances of survival at all cost, i.e. greed. Ants, bees are eusocial species and to quote Wilson, “One ant is no ant”. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusociality https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusociality