Why Can't We All Just Get Along? | Henry Lieberman | TEDxBeaconStreet

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TEDx talks are about crazy ideas for saving the world. Here's mine.

Why can't we all just get along? Why do we have war, poverty and other
social ills, despite the fact that nobody wants these things? Is it that people have
some kind of inborn aggression and stupidity that won't go away?

I don't think so. What happens is that, despite their best
intentions, people tend to fall into a trap: the Prisoner's Dilemma. There's a tradeoff between cooperation and competition. Our problem is that
everything in our society is set up for competition, preventing us
from cooperating with each other to solve our major problems.

The good news is that technological advances will help us get that
tradeoff right for the modern era. Not just by improving
productivity, but in a surprising way: By making it easier for people
to cooperate with one another.

The main reason to compete is when there's scarcity. But soon, with AI
and 3D printing, we'll be able to make or do whatever we need. We can
end widespread scarcity. We don't have to fight each other. Then we'll
all live happily ever after!

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This is by far the most underrated video on youtube

siddharthverma
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I have been wondering about this since I was a kid. Thank you. Wish I had a science mind. It sucks.

noneofyourbusiness
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Everybody needs to hear this, yet almost no one bothers to listen or even ask the question.

AnS-ovnf
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Most of us learn to compete by joining sports teams at an early age. We must beat the other team

Hellocali
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Doing the right thing, presenting a rational solution, telling the truth; all these things do not get you welcome at parties.
Who would you invite to your party, to get more people to come, Carl Sagan or George Carlin?

spaceangel
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I think people are still in the basic cave man mentality and crave for power and winning, and would rather be known as a winner than a person who wants to help others

samuelcrowe
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Answer: the problem is everybody else, not me. :)

theultimatereductionist