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Human culture is like nothing else on planet earth for cooperation. Although I think a lot of the cooperative behaviour is still based on kin groups, we just a
by 7952 3y ago
Human culture is like nothing else on planet earth for cooperation. Although I think a lot of the cooperative behaviour is still based on kin groups, we just aren't particularly precise about who is kin and who isn't. And those instincts get applied more generally than just our family.
- snapplebobapple 3y agoI suspect it's more that we can build institutions and those institutions can be imbued with rules we think are ideal and power to enforce said rules. That we can apply concepts like "what rules would I want to apply if I didn't know my starting position?" to decide on desirable rules helps a lot too.