Good article! I wish more people would think this way. Too many people, perhaps half-jokingly, imagine the survival scenario as "every man for himself" or as some sort of shootout fantasy. I saw on another survival forum a discussion about including an AK and a good amount of ammo in one's get home kit. Just exactly what scenario did this guy have in mind? No one even asked. Adding substantial poundage like that needs justification. And the guy didn't even have a map in his kit. (Maybe he planned on following the trail of zombies.) This sort of stuff seems to stem from the fear of fellow human beings.

But we don't have to be afraid of each other. We can survive better if we cooperate as a group, sharing our resources, supplies, labor, etc. That's what our distant ancestors did to compete with wild beasts that were physically much better equipped to survive. We're sharing knowledge and information on ETS, and that's the start of cooperation.

DB