Joann Evans wrote in message ...
william mook wrote:

Humanity has always progressed by expanding its range using technology
Technology used this way creates an unknown frontier surrounding the
known
Exploring and exploiting this frontier makes cooperation more valuable
than competition

Why, necessairily?

Competition has driven most large scale Terrestrial exploration
(resources, trade routes), other than, perhaps, Antarctica.


Consider two scenarios;

(1) The resources and range are limited and the population is
increasing.
(2) The resources and range may increased through cooperative
action.

In the first scenario competition is rewarded

In the second scenario cooperation is rewarded.

What the environment rewards the environment gets in a system that
responds to reward.