Cooperation and competition are both part of the story. Evidence abounds that humans cooperate AND compete.
Howard Rheingold [email protected] http://twitter.com/hrheingold http://www.rheingold.com http://www.smartmobs.com http://vlog.rheingold.com what it is ---> is --->up to us On Mar 9, 2009, at 6:08 AM, Robert Link wrote: > > Paul, > > Part of what I have not yet been able to well articulate is that folks > are unlikely to ever figure out the value of the commons and sharing > so > long as cooperation narratives are offered primarily as counters to a > prevailing competition narrative. If instead of legitimizing the > competition narrative by offering cooperation as a counter, we cut the > legs out from under the competition narrative itself, it seems to me > that would be more effective. And it's not that hard, because to the > extent the competition narrative is based on Darwin, then it's fully > vulnerable...because survival of the fittest is _not_ a gloss for > "Might > makes right", but is simply the tautological observation that what > works > works, and that what works in one setting often fails in another. > > Or so it seems to me. As I said, this is not well articulated yet. > > rl > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CooperationCommons" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CooperationCommons?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
