SOSC 1040 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Cooperative Education, Human Nature, Agon
25 Apr 2013
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Our society is obsessed with competition; one of the most cherished values: live in a hyper-competitive society. Socialized from young age to accept competition as normal, natural, desirable: some believe it"s the wellspring of evolution and life. Human nature is flexible no such thing as human nature , some things are biologically inevitable {bipedalism etc} Taken for granted belief: competition is inevitable and human nature. Competition is the primary organizing aspect of society. Sociological science: cooperation is the type of human bhvr that allowed human species to succeed: if competition was the primary factor in human nature, we"d be extinct by now. Kohn: 4 myths of competition and contest: unavoidable fact of human nature, motivates people to perform their best, main ingredient of fun, entertainment and play, it builds a strong character and self confide. In nature there"s more cooperation and symbiosis than competition.
