CHAPTER 1
S H AR ED INTENTIONS
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f it had not been for our ability to collaborate, humans would probably have been consigned to history’s rubbish heap a long time ago. It is hard to imagine that we would have survived very long if everyone had defended themselves against every danger and threat life could throw at them on their own. It is even more difficult to imagine that we would have successfully built cities, developed advanced technologies and sent people to the moon if we hadn’t had the opportunity to collaborate with one another.
We are far from alone in tackling the challenges of evolution by helping each other and working together. Every ant hill, school of fish and pack of wolves 13