no one knows the odds, or the best course to choose
but 2000 years from now
our protogeny will know
That sounds like a great Jack London rendition of Darwin's evolutionary concept. Didn't know you were an evolutionist. (i realize you meant progeny instead of "protogeny")
Those who organize and cooperate with each other will survive. The lone wolves will not last, this is the basic concept of civilization that you seem to have missed in your deep thinking about the subject.