More generally, anything that damages what it depends on lowers its own survival chances. We might call this the “vehicular viability” or “needism” principle. 13. The logic of vehicular viability, that is, self-maximizing that damages its vehicles ultimately becomes self-destructive, is a principle that applies widely (e.g. to bodies, hunting teams, food supply, companies, communities, markets, economies, ecologies…the planet). It constrains the kinds of self-maximizing that is survivable. We may be the only species ever to know this, or to have any choice about it. The rest of nature is basically genetically bound to its fate. But we have foresight and the ability to organize ourselves. - https://evolution-institute.org/article/how-to-create-a-cooperative-darwinian-economy-in-23-steps/