Unfortunately, humans don't seem to have the qualities necessary for this to happen. The more institutions cooperate to inhibit technological progress, the more

Unfortunately, humans don't seem to have the qualities necessary for this to happen. The more institutions cooperate to inhibit technological progress, the more there will be to gain by defecting. Unless, that is, there're sufficiently solid reasons for all players to believe that defecting is like starting a nuclear war: destructive for everyone in very close future. (I feel there should be a term for this situation.)