Some people may think that cooperative skills are not important these days because of individualism. However, I firmly believe that one's ability to cooperate with others is more crucial nowadays than in the past because of globalization and the rising importance of social skills.
To begin with, globalization prompted nations to cooperate with others to solve common issues. This is because nations share not onlly information but also problems because of the advent of Internet and improved transportation system which connect the world. For example, WHO, World Health Organization was founded to solve epidemics or health issues together. The member states can share technology to cure flus or find way to slow down the pace of spreading diseases. Moreover, EU, European Uniton aims to stabilize the economy of European continent. Member nations of EU cooperate with each other to prevent economic crisis and to get economic benefics together. Without cooperation, nations would have difficulties in solving health issure or economic crisis. As these examples show, globalization made the world closer and it is more efficient for nations to cooperate with each other.
In addition, social skills are becoming the most valuable skills for individuals as well. Society requires individuals to cooperate well with others. This trend is related to social changesin the era of globalization. One cannot survive alone in the higly connected world. In 1970s and 1980s, Korean schools just taught knowledge and did not require students to express themselves or cooperate with others. They just have to attend lectures and pass exams. However, Korean society began to realize that their human resources are lagging behind the global trend which require individuals to communicate with others and work together. Therefore, universities nowadays require students to do team projects and learn how to work well with others. Korean students cannot graduate from their universities unless they do team tasks at least once. Moreover, companies also require their workers to cooperate with others regularly. Therefore, people need to be more cooperative these days than in the past.
To summarize, I think that cooperation is more important for two reasons; Nations have to cooperate with others to solve common issues in this globalized era and individuals also have to work well with others since social skills are very important factor in societies nowadays.