From The Evolution of Cooperation: Revised Edition by Robert Axelrod
UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS will cooperation emerge in a world of egoists without central authority? This question has intrigued people for a long time. And for good reason. We all know that people are not angels, and that they tend to look after themselves and their own first. Yet we also know that cooperation does occur and that our civilization is based upon it. But, in situations where each individual has an incentive to be selfish, how can cooperation ever develop?
UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS will cooperation emerge in a world of egoists without central authority?
How can cooperation between egoists happen?
This question has intrigued people for a long time.
This question has intrigued people for a long time.
And for good reason.
And for good reason. (not a clause)
We all know that people are not angels, and that they tend to look after themselves and their own first.
We know that people aren’t always good, and they tend to be selfish.
Yet we also know that cooperation does occur and that our civilization is based upon it.
Yet we also cooperate.
But, in situations where each individual has an incentive to be selfish, how can cooperation ever develop?
But, how can cooperation happen when we have incentives to be selfish?
