#mental-model #altruism #biology #selfish-gene #game-theory #free-rider Created at 060523 # [Anonymous feedback](https://www.admonymous.co/louis030195) # [[Epistemic status]] #shower-thought Last modified date: 060523 Commit: 0 # Related - [[Philosophy/Rationality/Models/Status game]] - [[Biology/Evolution/Altruism]] - [[Biology/Evolution/Altruism]] - [[Biology/Evolution/Memetic/Memetic]] - [[Life pruning]] - [[Mental models for sailing the current ocean of massive short-term AI noise]] # Contribution A world: a collaborative eco-system of intelligent systems with sole purpose to expand into the universe **How do you make this world a better place?** What does being a contributor brings to the individual? Is what is good for the swarm, good for the bee? Biologically it must bring a form of mental wellbeing, our genes reward us for being [[Altruism|altruistic]], right? Or is contribution just a [[Status game|status game]]? Do you think Dalai Lama is doing all this just to feel good having all these eyes on him?