Mutualism

Mutualism, association between organisms of two different species in which each benefits. Mutualistic arrangements are most likely to develop between organisms with widely different living requirements.

More simply, mutualism may be "defined as a relationship in which both species are mutually benefited. This relationship can either be within the species or between the two different species."

In The Human Condition, Hannah Arendt argues for a tripartite division between the human activities of labor, work, and action, or The Vita Activa.

"Arendt also claims that with the expansion of the social realm the tripartite division of human activities has been undermined to the point of becoming meaningless. In her view, once the social realm has established its monopoly, the distinction between labor, work and action is lost, since every effort is now expended on reproducing our material conditions of existence. Obsessed with life, productivity, and consumption, we have turned into a society of laborers and jobholders who no longer appreciate the values associated with work, nor those associated with action."