Friday, May 2, 2008

Winners cooperate to success; losers punish their way to the bottom

In another study reported in Science Daily, it turns out that punitive approaches turn out to be less effective than cooperation.

This should speak to ongoing conflicts around the world.

What the researchers found was that punishment leads to cycles of retaliation that waste energy and position.

Winners, it seems, avoid the waste of energy and focus on getting ahead.

I suppose there is some truth in the forgive and forget paradigm after all.


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