The proceeds from cooperation are so much more rewarding than non cooperation, t

The proceeds from cooperation are so much more rewarding than non cooperation, that in all but the rarest of circumstances, an individual cannot survive without cooperation. Yet, just as one is limited by the shortest time, the least effort, his current knowledge, the surest returns and the lowest risk – one is also limited in his value in cooperation to others, and their value to others, at the various scales of production that each input and output of the organization of people who currently survive prevail.

(from elsewhere)