Reciprocal cooperation and voluntary interaction form a superior basis for social organization compared to compulsion.

“he made a technical case that any organization that's based on the spill spirit of voluntary reciprocity will over a reasonable period of time compete any organization based on the spirit of compulsion”

Reciprocal cooperation and empathy are fundamental aspects of primate social systems, alongside competition.

“i developed ideas about cooperation and empathy in a time that people were still quite a bit focused on competition and aggression and violence”