Author Robert Wright explains "non-zero-sumness," a game-theory term describing how players with linked fortunes tend to cooperate for mutual benefit. This dynamic has guided our biological and cultural evolution, he says -- but our unwillingness to understand one another, as in the clash between the Muslim world and the West, will lead to all of us losing the "game." Once we recognize that life is a non-zero-sum game, in which we all must cooperate to succeed, it will force us to see that moral progress -- a move toward empathy -- is our only hope.

Why you should listen to him:

Author Robert Wright thinks the crises the human species now faces are moral in nature, and that our salvation lies in the intelligent pursuit of self-interest. In his book Nonzero, Wright argues that life depends on a non-zero-sum dynamic. While a zero-sum game depends on a winner and loser, all parties in a non-zero-sum game win or lose together, so players will more likely survive if they cooperate. This points to an optimistic future of ultimate cooperation among humans -- if we recognize the game.

A treasure WC. Tis enough to cast a little sunshine into a world that often show little but despair and anxiety.

Just to know that there are many willing to to share their combined wisdom, empathy and food for thought brightens my day, and offers a prize beyond mundane monetary reward .... it offers hope.

The entire site I mean.

Thanks

Thx Socra, happy to oblige, we are here to cooperate, aren't we?
and yes the offer of hope (for a better future, better human) is what mutual empathy and cooperation is all about.