The author describes the destructive aspects of competition which result in war, violence, isolationism and loneliness. A cultural script matrix is introduced. An example of a script matrix describing a competitive script is presented as well as an example of a script matrix describing a cooperative world. A model for cooperation is discussed and encouraged.
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