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From: Albert Skye <mistlail@yahoo.co.uk>
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> Individual work has a benefit no community work can have; honor. That
> product's success or failure is going to affect the image of who
> created it. When an individual creates a product, it has a desire to
> see it succeed. When a group creates a product, they have a desire to
> get their paychecks.

Human activity is prone to many problems, individually and collectively, and likewise many potentials remain available to each (and both).

Although it may be unusual, it is possible for individuals to cooperate in synergistic union, operating as a metaorganism, as it were. The making of music is one example.

Useful: empathy, communication, cooperation.