Anything that's any good is self-perpetuating.

Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.

We ourselves are part of a guild of species that lie within and without our bodies. Aboriginal peoples and the Ayurvedic practitioners of ancient India have names for such guilds, or beings made up (as we are) of two or more species forming one organism. Most of nature is composed of groups of species working interdependently.

You won't get cooperation out of a hierarchical system. You get enforced directions from the top, and nothing I know of can run like that.

Anyone who ever studied mankind by listening to them was self-deluded. The first thing they should have done was to answer the question, "Can they report to you correctly on their behavior?" And the answer is, "No, the poor bastards cannot."

You can't cooperate by knocking something about or bossing it or forcing it to do things.

If people want some guidance, I say, just look at what people really do. Don't listen to them that much.