[frgturpwd]

If things were so good then, how did they lead to Now?

[abhaynayar]

Due to multipolar traps (large-scale, multi-agent versions of the Prisoner's Dilemma) i.e. when individuals in a competitive system are forced to take actions that benefit them in the short term, but degrade the system for everyone over time.

[Muromec]

The other people, it's always the other people