[boondoggle16]

No, no, no. Being nice to our family and kin is what made us strong.

Being nice to the whole world? Not so much.

[dv_dt]

When we were at war with each other in large groups a lot of productive elements went negative for a long time, and it took world cooperation to rebuild it. Even when you study war victors and losers, the winners being nice to losers was more value for everyone vs when not-nice severe loss conditions were imposed after.

[shadowgovt]

Does that calculus change in a world where the actions of people in Shanghai alter weather patterns in London?