Mutualist journal club
Wednesday, September 15, 2010
Economic contract theory tests models of mutualism — PNAS
Economic contract theory tests models of mutualism — PNAS
This is just some evolutionary/ecological modeling of how mutalism arises in nature. I found it interesting because it contrasts "forced" cooperation against "voluntary" cooperation, and they decided that voluntary cooperation was more likely to emerge (among organisms incapable of planning). In this situation, "forced" means that one cooperator would make its own cooperation dependent upon the behavior of the other participant, whereas "voluntary" means that each participant gives freely and benefits from the increased growth/power of the other.
This is just some evolutionary/ecological modeling of how mutalism arises in nature. I found it interesting because it contrasts "forced" cooperation against "voluntary" cooperation, and they decided that voluntary cooperation was more likely to emerge (among organisms incapable of planning). In this situation, "forced" means that one cooperator would make its own cooperation dependent upon the behavior of the other participant, whereas "voluntary" means that each participant gives freely and benefits from the increased growth/power of the other.
posted by Ricketson # 4:37 PM 
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