There is not enough love to go around for society to rely on mutual caring; the power and humanity of the spontaneous, uncoordinated order is precisely that it does not require love to function well, whereas a society that genuinely relied on universal love would be in a bad situation.

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Speaker

Russ Roberts

Evidence Quote

the reality is is there is not enough love to go around so that we can love each other... The power and the humanity of the uncoordinated spontaneous order... is that you don't have to rely on love

Source

Dan Klein on Coordination and Cooperation 02/04/2008EconTalk
Created: 6/15/2026, 9:36:53 AM

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