Course 2 of 14
The Laws of Cooperation
What You Will Gain
After this course, you will be able to identify free-riders, recognize reciprocity violations, and determine who owns what in any dispute.
About This Course
Cooperation is the foundation of every functioning group. This course teaches the five concepts that govern whether a group holds together or falls apart: the nature of cost, demonstrated interests, the purpose of rules, the fairness principle of reciprocity, and the parasitism that destroys trust. You will leave with a working framework for diagnosing the health of any group you belong to.
Curriculum
- 01
Why Groups Fall Apart
Concept: Cost
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- 02
What People Actually Care About
Concept: Demonstrated Interests
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- 03
Why Rules Exist
Concept: Rule
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- 04
The Fairness Principle
Concept: Reciprocity
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- 05
The Cheat Problem
Concept: Parasitism
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Capstone Project
Take a real group you belong to and produce a full cooperation map: the costs each member bears, the demonstrated interests at work, the rules in force, the reciprocity the group sustains, and the parasitism it harbors. Propose a remedy. The product reveals the health of any group in terms the group itself can act on.
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