TPOCo - The Principle of Cooperation
Understanding cooperation and rising awareness for cooperation is the main objective of this project. Everybody interested in cooperation can take part.
05 January 2024
The Dichotomy of Morality: From Nature’s Neutrality to Human Constructs
04 January 2024
Exploring the 'Human Biological Evolutionary Cage': Ancestral Diet and Modern Health
Human Biological Evolutionary Cage
Our health and well-being are intricately tied to our evolutionary past, a concept embodied by what I refer to as the Human Biological Evolutionary Cage, or HBEC for short. This framework underscores the fact that despite our technological prowess, symbolized by the cars we drive and the rockets we launch into space, our biological evolution lags behind our cultural and technological advances. The HBEC represents the physiological boundaries within which we must navigate our dietary and lifestyle choices to align with our genetic heritage.
The Quest for Optimal Diet and the Role of Our Evolutionary Blueprint
In our quest to understand the optimal diet for modern health, we often overlook the evolutionary blueprint that has shaped our dietary needs. This journey takes us back to the 'Human Biological Evolutionary Cage' – a concept that profoundly impacts our understanding of human evolution and dietary development. Here, we explore how our ancestral diets, heavily reliant on meat and minimal in processed foods, contrast sharply with today's eating habits, and what this means for our health.
Unlocking the 'Human Biological Evolutionary Cage''
The 'Human Evolutionary Cage' refers to the evolutionary constraints that have historically dictated human dietary patterns. Our skeletal traits, such as endurance running capabilities, thermoregulation, and the use of tools for meat consumption, point towards a diet that was significantly meat-based. These adaptations highlight our species' long-standing reliance on animal-based nutrition.
Meat-Centric Diets of Our Forebears: Evolutionary Insights
Our ancestors' diet was primarily centered around meat, a nutrient-dense and energy-rich source of food. Plant-based foods played a role, but their availability was heavily influenced by seasonal changes. Archaeological findings, like the Schöningen Spears, provide evidence of early human hunting practices and meat consumption, underscoring the importance of animal-based foods in our evolutionary history.
From Ancestral Roots to Modern Plates: The Dietary Divergence
Dr. Ken Berry's 'Principles of a Proper Human Diet' suggest a return to this ancestral way of eating. Modern diets, with their heavy reliance on processed foods and carbohydrates, starkly contrast with what our bodies have evolved to consume. This recent dietary shift is at odds with our biological adaptations, which have not significantly changed in a mere 15,000 years – a blink in evolutionary terms.
Proper Human Diet: A Beginner’s Guide
Health Through the Ages: Ancestral Diets Meet Modern Biology
Aligning our modern diet with ancestral eating patterns could have significant health benefits. The mismatch between our evolutionary adaptations and current dietary habits contributes to numerous health issues. Ancestral diets, lower in processed foods and carbohydrates, could provide a template for healthier eating in the modern world.
Through the Lens of TPOCo: Dietary Choices and Evolutionary Wisdom
Applying The Principle of Collaboration and Cooperation (TPOCo) principles, we can better understand the evolution of human diets. Modern dietary lifestyles like Keto, Ketovore, Carnivore, and the Lion's diet, which emphasize minimal processed food intake, resonate with our ancestral dietary patterns. It’s crucial to recognize the influence of philosophy, religion, and sometimes biased science in shaping our dietary choices.
Echoing Our Ancestors: The Vitality of Movement for Modern Health
Ancestral Movement in a Modern World
In the narrative of ancestral health, diet often takes centre stage, but the saga is incomplete without the integral role of physical activity. Our ancestors led lives rich in movement, a stark contrast to today's sedentary norms. Understanding this contrast is key to grasping the full scope of our inherited health blueprint.
Reawakening Our Hunter-Gatherer Physique
The hunter-gatherer lifestyle was defined by constant motion: walking vast distances, endurance hunting. sprinting from predators or towards prey, and the lifting and carrying of daily necessities. These activities sculpted a physique that modern gyms strive to replicate. Today, rekindling these ancestral movements can awaken dormant physical potential, leading to robust health and vitality.
Modern Sedentary Lifestyle vs. Ancestral Activity
Our modern world often traps us in a cycle of inactivity, chaining us to desks and devices, a far cry from our forebears' dynamic way of life. The cost is not just muscular atrophy but a cascade of health maladies. Acknowledging this disparity is the first step toward cultivating an environment that encourages movement.
Integrating Ancestral Movement into Daily Life
Bridging the millennia-wide gap requires conscious effort.
We can integrate ancestral movement by choosing stairs over elevators, walking or cycling over driving, and engaging in regular strength training that echoes the physical tasks of our ancestors. These practices aren't mere exercises; they're a reconnection with our evolutionary heritage.
The Holistic Approach: Merging Diet and Movement
To fully honour our evolutionary past, we must pair the wisdom of ancestral diets with the ethos of physical activity. This holistic approach to health—balancing nutrient-dense foods with consistent, varied movement—isn't just about longevity; it's about quality of life. It's a testament to the resilience of the human species and a path to reclaiming the robust wellness that is our birthright.
Embracing HBEC: Aligning Ancestral Wisdom with Today’s Lifestyle Choices
Our journey through the 'Human Biological Evolutionary Constraints' (HBEC) has illuminated not just our dietary roots but also the vital role of physical activity inherent to our species. These twin pillars of ancestral health—nutrition and movement—offer invaluable insights into optimizing our well-being. As we traverse the complexities of modern nutrition and sedentary lifestyles, it's paramount to make informed choices that honour both our evolutionary heritage and the demands of contemporary life. By aligning our eating habits with those of our forebears and mimicking their physical vigour, we step closer to a holistic approach to health—one that respects the ancient wisdom encoded in our very genes while embracing the conveniences of modernity.
Let us not only eat but also move as our ancestors did, for it is in this harmonious blend of past and present that our truest health potential lies.
This striking image invites us to ponder our place within the vast tapestry of evolution. It prompts us to ask: how can we live in harmony with our biological heritage in this age of rapid technological and social change? Share your thoughts on how this visual representation of the HBEC resonates with your understanding of our ancestral legacy and modern health.
02 November 2021
The sience of detecting the creation of ignorance - Agnotology
The vegan propaganda machine is doing this, as well. At least for me, now I can start putting this in words, after watching the following DW documantary:
Fact vs. fake - why don’t we trust science any more?
This leads to a a sientific approach to get to the bottom of the issue.
Agnotology
Agnotology (formerly agnatology) is the study of deliberate, culturally-induced ignorance or doubt, typically to sell a product or win favour, particularly through the publication of inaccurate or misleading scientific data. More generally, the term also highlights the condition where more knowledge of a subject leaves one more uncertain than before.
To get the link to Veganism there is a source from Belinda Fettke:
Belinda Fettke - 'Nutrition Science: How did we get here?'
This video shows the same pattern as the DW - creating ignorance!
And another propaganda trick is geting a name for me: FUD
Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (often shortened to FUD) is a propaganda tactic used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics, polling and cults. FUD is generally a strategy to influence perception by disseminating negative and dubious or false information and a manifestation of the appeal to fear.
Unconscious and deliberate ignorance...
I believe it is already more like a complex maze of tunnels and chambers than just a rabbit hole. It is the support of believes like the philosophy of Peter Singer and the religions like Seventh Day Adventist. These two pillars of vegetarianism support each other without having the same goal in mind. Animal welfare and the believe meat is coming from the devil. Both streams of propaganda use similar propaganda tricks. Now these two pillars are the base for an additional growing pilar: the money. The propaganda and this way created ignorance is leading the path for the idea, with plant-based food is a way to make a lot of money. Now we can follow the money:
Gunhild Stordalen
She is the founder and executive chair of EAT Foundation...
Bill Gates
Business ventures and investments (partial list)
Impossible Foods, a company that develops plant-based substitutes for meat products.
James Cameron
Hollywood director James Cameron invests in Saskatchewan pea processing plant
The Oscar-winning Cameron appeared Monday in Vanscoy, a village southwest of Saskatoon, to say the couple have formed Verdient Foods to handle 160,000 tonnes of organic pea protein.
Now, he also one of the executive producers of the documentary film The Game Changers (2018), that promotes a plant-based diet.
Now there is the combination of "ethics", "the believe in the devil" and money.
This construction opens the door for more money. E.g. Beyond Meat (Bill Gates again) and Impossible Foods (and Bill Gates again). These meat substitutes are getting very interesting for big buisineses like Burger King, Nestlé, PepsiCo and more.
What a powerful force!
25 September 2021
The Vegan Trolley Problem - not a problem for all sentient beings
Religious Vegetarianism, like the Seventh-day Adventist Church and the Utilitarian Philosophy are the two pillars of the philosophy for Veganism. Utilitarianism is a version of consequentialism, which states that the consequences of any action are the only standard of right and wrong, good and bad, pleasure and pain etc. According to Peter Singer, sentient beings have to be included when acting.
The central argument in Peter Singer's book Animal Liberation, is an expansion of the utilitarian concept that "the greatest good of the greatest number" is the only measure of good or ethical behaviour. Singer believes that there is no reason not to apply this principle to other animals, arguing that the boundary between human and "animal" is completely arbitrary.
There is a lot of criticism about Utilitarianism. It is e.g. impossible to precisely predict the consequences and they are inherently unknowable. Another idea of this normative Philosophy is the duty of the decision maker (Agent) to put his own interest on side. The well-being of strangers counts just as much as that of friends, family or self. And this idea is contrary to other Philosophies. E.g. Ethical egoism is the normative ethical position that moral agents ought to act in their own self-interest.
A thought experiment - the Trolley Problem
The trolley problem is a thought experiment as an ethical dilemma of whether to sacrifice one person to save a larger number of persons.
In the following I will add another version to this thought experiment, by taking Peter Singer's words and take his idea to extent this thought experiment with sentient beings.
06 January 2013
Goal of the project 'Principles of Cooperation'
If I only could describe a clear, colorful, brilliant, fantastic, beautiful picture of the goal for this project. And it would be also nice, if I could describe the objective according to the story - if you want to build a boat, don't tell your team to gather wood, tell them about the wonderful land, the team wants to reach with the boat you want to build.I can't give you a close description of this wonderful land. The only thing I know right now is to learn more and understand more about the 'system' of cooperation.
Maybe to work towards a better world... in a team...
A little example of this wonderful land
Ben and Tracy are fighting about the last orange in your house. You want to settle this dispute.How?
You could cut the orange equally in two halves.
But in this case you could make use of the knowledge about the search for a Win-Win situation. Better communication with questions regarding the goals of the opponents.
Ben, what do you want to do with the orange? I want the juice.
Tracy, what do you want to do with the orange? (Tracy is already smiling!) I need the peel!
The solution is clear and simple! Both are winning.
We don't have to go court about every conflict. Mediation is the solution. And even better, if more people know about the search for a Win-Win situation and better communiaction, we will have more peace in this world.
If there is the willingness for cooperation, we will find more Win-Win situations in all areas of living, even in marriages or partnerships.
On the path to the wonderful land
Simplicity is a principle on this path. Division of labor, mass production and money are making it often difficult to see the human ability for cooperation. But we are all on a journey as astronauts in a huge team - on a gigantic spaceship, called earth, towards unknown destinations. Six Degrees of Separation or the Small-world experiment shows only how close we are in reality.
Reality is another principle on this journey. Selfishness, greed, miser, conflicts, money, competition etc. are real and we can not ignore nor can we wish them away from this world. Maybe by understanding the principles of cooperation better we might be able to cope a little better with this part of reality. Here and now.
The resources (wood for the boat)
- Wikipedia - working on the article of cooperation (English and German) as user darwipli
- Open Mindmap "Cooperation" - network of knowledge. Its open and everybody can work on it. A user manual will follow soon.
- Blogging - this Blog here and a Blog in German
- Google+
- A homepage - coming soon
- Languages - now in German and English, more languages are very wellcome
- Gathering more examples from this wonderful land.