One view of history(and evolution) is that progress enables cooperation at a larger scale: from single cells, to multi-cell organisms, to tribes, to cities and

One view of history(and evolution) is that progress enables cooperation at a larger scale: from single cells, to multi-cell organisms, to tribes, to cities and to states, and that those abilities radically change how the world looks. The internet has defently been a big step in larger(and higher quality) collaborations, so it makes sense it would radically change how the world looks.