That experiment is a really bad analogy. That's not why people cooperate. Cooperation is based on tit-for-tat.
As for selection, it seems clear enough that some groups are more tribal than others. Anti-tribalism was good for trade and tech advancement
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in Europe. The more anti-tribal places could manage large-scale coordination better, and this allowed those places to get ahead.
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I debunked that theory here: http://thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.ca/2017/07/re-rise-of-universalism.html …
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For TL;DR version, scroll to the bottom.
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I'll grant that this may be more cultural than genetic (it's hard to separate), but clearly cultural selection also exists.
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If memes catch on telling you to love everyone (Christianity comes to mind), that could help a lot when it comes to large scale business
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and nations.
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I think European exceptionalism was both genetic and cultural, but the explanation in terms of lower "clannishness" is wrong.
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Loving everyone wouldn't help big business (capitalism). Instead, that meme leads to communism and virtue signaling.
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