don't you ever wonder why there isn't more chaos in the world? why people get along as well as they do, why we generally cooperate - why anarchy and disruption are atypical? people say all the time that bad things happen in the world, and of course they do, but if you consider the proportion of events happening everywhere, to the actual amount of destruction that occurs, it is usually a small fraction of the whole, committed by a small part of the population. why don't most people do wrong?
you could put it down to economic & political stability, but I don't think that would explain everything, because even in places where there is alot of strife, on an individual basis, people treat each other relatively kindly. eg. stabbings, shootings, murders, thefts, even insults and verbal abuse, are exceptions rather than the norm, and you have to wonder where our general restraint is coming from. is it an inherent morality? or a fear of being punished? why don't we fully exercise our freedom of action by destabilizing events?
think about on this very forum, why there aren't more trolls. anyone anywhere could systematically target every single thread on here and create such an annoying problem that the mods couldn't keep up- the forum would cease to be what it was, and even if it remained open, many of the members would probably leave. why doesn't this kind of thing happen (frequently)? especially on a platform as relatively anonymous as the internet?
why are people polite - why do you help others instead of hurt them? WHY is cooperation preferable to non-cooperation?
you could put it down to economic & political stability, but I don't think that would explain everything, because even in places where there is alot of strife, on an individual basis, people treat each other relatively kindly. eg. stabbings, shootings, murders, thefts, even insults and verbal abuse, are exceptions rather than the norm, and you have to wonder where our general restraint is coming from. is it an inherent morality? or a fear of being punished? why don't we fully exercise our freedom of action by destabilizing events?
think about on this very forum, why there aren't more trolls. anyone anywhere could systematically target every single thread on here and create such an annoying problem that the mods couldn't keep up- the forum would cease to be what it was, and even if it remained open, many of the members would probably leave. why doesn't this kind of thing happen (frequently)? especially on a platform as relatively anonymous as the internet?
why are people polite - why do you help others instead of hurt them? WHY is cooperation preferable to non-cooperation?