Cooperation
T/F« We are born, descendents from cooperators. We are built
to cooperate. Explain. Why is there not more cooperation?
▲ When practiced correctly, cooperation is far greater in
its’ ability to advance all humanity. It took cooperation,
for your species, in building culture and institutions, to
advance to where you are today. Competition is best for
those who want to improve themselves internally and
personally.
Q, Why is there so much competition? As a race, as a species,
Are we out of balance. Explain what could bring back the
balance?
▲ Errors of judgment have led to selfishness and all kinds
of other problems. For this species to right itself it needs
to come back to cooperation and subdue competition as
it is being used today.
Q, Is Cooperation as powerful as Competition?, or which is
most powerful? Explain.
▲ It will depend on what purpose is focused upon For this
issue to change, people must change and culture and
institutions must change. An “Awakening” of sorts must
occur. There needs to be a change of heart and a change
of mind.
Culture
T/F Culture exists to restrain personal desire.
▲ Yes you could say this in generalized terms. Culture
has shown people how to smooth out the roughness
that would be there without common rules of behavior
and ways of being. Culture is Civilizing.
T/F Humans can succeed because they live in and partake of
culture. Culture transmits Solutions.
▲ True. See prior answer. Lessons learned the hard way
are remembered and used as shortcuts when the same
or similar problems comes around again.
T/F People with their brains, make the world smart, via building
culture and institutions…so people can be comfortable, dumb
and at peace, If true, what are the ramifications of this?
Explain
▲ True. See prior answers. It takes much time for the
lessons to be learned by all of the people and that culture
needs that time to distill this knowledge. Subsequently
culture builds institutions to act as specialized
repositories and dynamic places for this knowledge and
practices to be available to the general population of that
society. Think of libraries. Think of technology in many
various fields.
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T/F Different cultures are not converging but are growing apart
and more different.
▲ Partly true, but partly false. It was once believed that the
East / Orient would never meet the West/ Occident. The
world is shrinking due to advanced technology,
communication and transportation. What is known to be
of value, in one culture is quickly being adopted and
learned by all others.
T/F Cultures compete to see if it can do something better for
the people in that culture
▲ True. See prior answers.
T/F The central truth is that culture, not politics is what determines
the success of a society.
▲ This is debatable. Culture should win out but politics can
gum up the works and make stupid long term mistakes.
Politics is often too short sighted to operate in the long
term interests. Greed and Power easily and often
Interfere with good judgment.
Q, How do we go about building a good to great culture?
▲ It will take a change of heart and a change of mind that
can influence the majority of people in that society,
culture or civilization. Cooperation and competition
must be balanced or lean to the side of cooperation,
caring and sharing.
T/F Politics can change a culture. Explain
▲ already answered. The results and effects of politics
depends on the quality and wisdom of the politicians.
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