Pack animals like dogs naturally discourage fighting amongst themselves [1]. Strife weakens the pack.
Consider the effort it takes 1 person to build a house, or the amount of effort it would take to build an mp3 player alone from scratch.
Game theory would have you believe the optimal way to win at poker is to booby trap the card table and rob your competition.
Another theory suggests altruism ultimately trumps selfishness within species, as aggressive warlike creatures would kill each other off ad-infinitum, where as cooperation ultimately strengthens individuals beyond the sum of their parts. [2]
All things considered in earthly biology, the cooperation amongst all the various living cells and organs that make up life in a single creature shows something to the efforts of collaboration vs the race to the bottom of virus & parasitic behavior.
Consider the effort it takes 1 person to build a house, or the amount of effort it would take to build an mp3 player alone from scratch.
Game theory would have you believe the optimal way to win at poker is to booby trap the card table and rob your competition.
Another theory suggests altruism ultimately trumps selfishness within species, as aggressive warlike creatures would kill each other off ad-infinitum, where as cooperation ultimately strengthens individuals beyond the sum of their parts. [2]
All things considered in earthly biology, the cooperation amongst all the various living cells and organs that make up life in a single creature shows something to the efforts of collaboration vs the race to the bottom of virus & parasitic behavior.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hstLdzCg6l8
[2] http://www.radiolab.org/story/103951-the-good-show/