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Greed is just another dimension to cooperation. Asocial species don't have "greed", because it means nothing for one individual to "hoard" against another. Gre
by mjburgess 5y ago
Greed 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