“Cooperation requires finding ways to suppress that selfish urge. If your policy is to rely on goodwill alone then it's a bad policy, because between selfishness and altruism, all else being equal, selfishness wins in the end. Taking advantage of others is an easier and more efficient way to gain more resources.”
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A Theory of Everyone: The New Science of Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We’re Going
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