Cooperation (original) (raw)

Sun, May. 30th, 2004, 03:47 pm

odyssey_8_: Cooperation

Cooperation is the way to combine the abilities of more than one person to some common purpose. This unity of purpose could be to solve some problem, achieve some level of understanding, to create something of beauty, or just to survive. Ant colonies, for example, are divided into "castes" of ants that serve different functions, but that are all helpful or necessary for survival and continuation of their species. Cooperation also implies that each individual is satisfying some desire of their own (see pthalogreen's post), be it desire for survival or something more complex.

If each person believes strongly enough in how the purpose of the group benefits him/herself, everyone in the group can become motivated, and this way the group can flourish - I think.

I aim to have a "personal victory" with Cooperation within a couple days, and assuming that happens, I'll report it =)

~Odyssey