The Evolution of Cooperation Edge Master Class 2011

"Why has cooperation, not competition, always been the key to the evolution of complexity?"

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[9.19.11]

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I have a second story induced by Steve's brilliant talk and by people who don't do violence, but imagine violence. It's a story of a Viennese professor who is walking in front of his department and sees there's a flag of mourning over the department. Somebody says to him, "Oh, my God, that's so bad, one of your colleagues has died. Who is it?" And the professor said, "I don't know, I'm equally happy about anybody." The title of my talk is "Evolution of Cooperation." I would like to begin at the beginning. This is a certain point, thirteen point seven billion years ago, which is the Big Bang. Here on this slide, I want to show you a few notable dates. I think there are very few dates that really are... Go to conversation

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