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← Nature tends, though not always fully, toward avoiding competition, which is always harmful to the species

17 connected korrents · 13 moments from 8 Dec 2006 to 2 Oct 2026.

Everything filed under family family Everything filed under Attachment theory Attachment theory Everything filed under demographics demographics Everything filed under evolutionary biology evolutionary biology Everything filed under LLMs LLMs Everything filed under innovation innovation Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Nature tends, though not always fully, toward avoiding competition, which is always harmful to the species Nature tends, though not always fully,toward avoiding competition, which isalways harmful to the species PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competition is not the rule among animals or among humans; among animals it is limited to exceptional periods — tap to centre the map on it Competition is not the rule amonganimals or among humans; amonganimals it is limited to exceptionalperiods PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: It would contradict all we know of nature if defenceless early humans had progressed by reckless competition rather than mutual support — tap to centre the map on it It would contradict all we know ofnature if defenceless early humanshad progressed by recklesscompetition rather than mutualsupport PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: Competition drives skill, and sparing young people the struggle only defers it. — tap to centre the map on it Competition drives skill, andsparing young people the struggleonly defers it. Last stated a year ago 30 Sept 2025 LF Lex Fridman — holds since 2025-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Natural selection opposes cooperation by default, so cooperation only survives where a specific mechanism is at work. — tap to centre the map on it Natural selection opposescooperation by default, socooperation only survives where aspecific mechanism is at work. Last stated 20 years ago 8 Dec 2006 MN Martin Nowak — holds since 2006-12-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: The race between AI companies to build ever more powerful systems is a choice they made, not an inevitable law of nature, and it is a race everyone loses. — tap to centre the map on it The race between AI companies tobuild ever more powerful systems isa choice they made, not aninevitable law of nature, and it isa race everyone loses. Last stated a week ago 23 Sept 2026 YB Yoshua Bengio — holds since 2026-09-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Being big pays off every day and is punished in extinctions, which is why body size keeps getting reset rather than climbing forever. — tap to centre the map on it Being big pays off every day and ispunished in extinctions, which iswhy body size keeps getting resetrather than climbing forever. Last stated a year ago 4 Sept 2025 DH Dave Hone — holds since 2025-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: The war of each against all is not the law of nature; mutual aid is as much a law of nature as mutual struggle — tap to centre the map on it The war of each against all is notthe law of nature; mutual aid is asmuch a law of nature as mutualstruggle PK Peter Kropotkin — holds since c. 1890–1902 — tap for who they are Same subject: A society cannot morally be based on the way evolution works, even though competition is what drives innovation. — tap to centre the map on it A society cannot morally be based onthe way evolution works, even thoughcompetition is what drivesinnovation. Last stated 4 years ago 7 Sept 2022 NL Nick Lane — holds since 2022-09-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects. — tap to centre the map on it A partner's difficult trait becomestolerable only if their goodqualities outweigh it and you don'tfeel alone dealing with its effects. Last stated 2 weeks ago 20 Sept 2026 HN Haley Nahman — holds since 2026-09-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A world where altruists followed expected-value estimates would be one where nearly all of them helped distant strangers instead of the people around them, and that world would be worse. — tap to centre the map on it A world where altruists followedexpected-value estimates would beone where nearly all of them helpeddistant strangers instead of thepeople around them, and that worldwould be worse. Last stated 15 years ago 18 Aug 2011 HK Holden Karnofsky — holds since 2011-08-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI can have a significant positive impact on people's lives — tap to centre the map on it AI can have a significant positiveimpact on people's lives Last stated yesterday 2 Oct 2026 SA Scott Alexander — holds since 2026-10-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: A mass death does not by itself produce a boom afterwards: expecting a pandemic to renew an economy on its own misreads what followed the Black Death. — tap to centre the map on it A mass death does not by itselfproduce a boom afterwards: expectinga pandemic to renew an economy onits own misreads what followed theBlack Death. Last stated 6 years ago 4 Jun 2020 AP Ada Palmer — holds since 2020-06-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A model fitted only to trends in its own outcome cannot forecast anything, because it contains no variable anyone could change. — tap to centre the map on it A model fitted only to trends in itsown outcome cannot forecastanything, because it contains novariable anyone could change. Last stated a month ago 20 Aug 2026 LS Lyman Stone — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: A religion cannot revive itself by encouraging its members to have more children. — tap to centre the map on it A religion cannot revive itself byencouraging its members to have morechildren. Last stated a month ago 24 Aug 2026 RB Ryan Burge — holds since 2026-08-24 — tap for who they are Same subject: Early childhood contact with parents shapes a person's capacity for connection in all their later relationships. — tap to centre the map on it Early childhood contact with parentsshapes a person's capacity forconnection in all their laterrelationships. Last stated a week ago 26 Sept 2026 MP Maria Popova — holds since 2026-09-26 — tap for who they are Same subject: Emphasis on work binds the individual to reality more than any other technique of living — tap to centre the map on it Emphasis on work binds theindividual to reality more than anyother technique of living SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: Getting angry quickly in an anxiously attached person is a threat-detection habit their nervous system learned, not a character flaw. — tap to centre the map on it Getting angry quickly in ananxiously attached person is athreat-detection habit their nervoussystem learned, not a characterflaw. Last stated 5 months ago 29 Apr 2026 JM Julie Menanno — holds since 2026-04-29 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Nature tends, though not always fully, toward avoiding competition, which is always harmful to the species Last stated c. 1890–1902 Holds Peter Kropotkin Read this korrent →