citation needed.
Humanity is planning the colonization of Mars, nuclear fusion and so on and yet, somehow, managing our own resources is always an unsolvable problem?
> I'm criticizing runaway negative-sum games.
They are inevitable with competition.
Every attempt of doing it in the past, like e.g. centrally planned economy? Internals of every large company? Self-evident if you look around?
Also http://slatestarcodex.com/2014/07/30/meditations-on-moloch/. In a way, coordination problems are the root of all problems of human society. We're planning Mars colonies in spite of that, not thanks to it.
> They are inevitable with competition.
They can be limited, though. Think of market economy as internal combustion engine. Burning fuel is inevitable - because that's how the engine works. But that doesn't imply you have to set your gas tank on fire.
You mean those 50-year old fantasies that are better described in science fiction novels than being anywhere close to reality?
You're the one that needs to provide a citation.