"… we must stop thinking of competition as the dominant force in ecology and evolution. This assumption has skewed our understanding of life on Earth and been used to justify predatory capitalism, genocide and the exploitation of people, animals and planetary resources.
"Indeed, what nature and its incredibly complex and varied life forms — in our oceans and seas, among plant and animal species, and in the very soil beneath our feet — reveal is that collaboration and symbiosis underpin our world. It is not a form of socialism or a hippie dream to say that we achieve more together. It is what the science tells us."
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2026/09/08/japan/hidden-power-of-cooperation/