In conditions of abundance, they all go round hunting on their own. But when things get scarce, that individual hunting strategy no longer works. They come together in what's called a slug mass, and they can send out little pseuda pods looking for food sources. And they're so efficient at this that they've taken like a topographical map of spain and put food on the map to populate different cities. You put one of these slug masses there, and it will recreate the transportation interstructure of spain as this more efficient way of getting food through co operation. That is only that co operative mechanism is induced entirely by resource scarcity leading to this kind of, perhaps polyanaish
On this episode we meet with ecological economist and Professor in Community Development & Applied Economics and Public Administration, Josh Farley.
Farley explores the importance of human cooperation in a modern superstructure that incentivizes competition. What role will cooperation play in helping us solve our largest existential problems?
Farley explains the critical social dilemma humans face: How can we grapple with the paradox that individuals are better served to act selfishly, but cooperation among individuals makes everyone better off?
Additionally, Professor Farley helps us distinguish the difference between how a system works, and how we can understand and participate in changing a system.
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