On 7/27/07, jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > as for competition versus cooperative models; they both have their > flaws and advantages. better to take the best of both, and disregard > the rest...
My opinion is that it is ridiculous to imagine that either competition or cooperation can take place alone. There is no pure competition; nothing that is alive exists unless there is the kind of cooperation that life requires (I am proof that my parents cooperated). There is no pure cooperation; some resources are always scarce, so we inevitably compete for them (stop using MY oxygen!). Rules evolve or come about intentionally -- cooperation -- to create the spheres in which we compete. To Alberto's idea that Dave has to prove the cooperation is beneficial to humanity... what, are you kidding? Look around you. Unless everything you see is your own creation, you have benefitted from cooperation. And I'm fairly certainly that you didn't plan or build othis Internet we're using. Which reminds me of a joke. Satan tells God that it's no big deal to create humans out of dust. "I could do that," he says. "Okay," God replies, "Go ahead." So Satan reaches down for a handful of dust. "No, no," says God. "You have to start with your own dust." The preceding story is probably not factual, but there's truth in it. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
