How to Build a Society for All to Enjoy(nautil.us)
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How to Build a Society for All to Enjoy
http://nautil.us/issue/107/the-edge/how-to-build-a-society-for-all-to-enjoy
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Meta: why are (almost) all comments by pizzazzaro dead within a few hours, apparently regardless of their content?
Seriously, he didn't say anything bad in the comment he made on this thread, and yet it's gone.
macrowhat(1)
Not much to critique, though it would have been nice to see the author outline the hegemonic nature of the idea that competition between individuals is the natural state of the world.
Is that the natural state of the world? Seems like group cooperation is the natural state and our ability to collaborate in larger groups than any other species is what allowed us to rise to the top. Excessive individual competition leads to both combatants taking injuries and then dying of infection or being too weak to fend off predators.
See: flocks of birds, ant colonies, prides of lions, shoals of fish, pods of whales, any social, religious, military or financial grouping of humans, clownfish living with sea anemone, birds cleaning crocodile teeth, hermit crabs finding empty shells, bees pollinating plants etc
See: flocks of birds, ant colonies, prides of lions, shoals of fish, pods of whales, any social, religious, military or financial grouping of humans, clownfish living with sea anemone, birds cleaning crocodile teeth, hermit crabs finding empty shells, bees pollinating plants etc
Competition and cooperation are always in a cyclic balance
Even the introduction to this article is deeply corrupt. It describes the authors partner, an architect, an their constant attention to the flaws of others work and designs of structures. I’m sure many of us can relate to this feeling, within our own fields of expertise. However, the author seems to insinuate that if only we could overrule each individuals ownership and individual freedom to design and build their own things (buildings, wine racks, social structures), that society could be better.