Who is to say that we would work better in cooperation rather than competition? I think we have a larger sense of competition rather than cooperating with people. there will be those that wish to undermine the cooperation for their own personal gain, which creates a whole new sense of anarchy. I do like the thoughts of like minded individuals working in groups, which is sort of how communism got started. Living in "communes".
I feel like it is a good thought, but so was communism. Idealism in its purest form is a great thing, but nothing can be as simple and perfect as systems like this in my opinion.
I think that it could work but it could also just as easily fail. Theres no way to tell until somebody tries it, so I'm all for developing some ideas.