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Our reading
Humans control the planet because they alone can cooperate both flexibly and in very large numbers
Their wordsHumans control the planet because they are the only animals that can cooperate both flexibly and in very large numbers.
Their wordsall the horrible things humans have been doing throughout history -- and we have been doing some very horrible things -- all those things are also based on large-scale cooperation.
Their wordsWe can cooperate flexibly with countless numbers of strangers, because we alone, of all the animals on the planet, can create and believe fictions, fictional stories.
Their wordsHuman rights, just like God and heaven, are just a story that we've invented. They are not an objective reality; they are not some biological effect about homo sapiens.
Their wordsMoney, in fact, is the most successful story ever invented and told by humans, because it is the only story everybody believes.
Their wordsNow, we see the creation of a new massive class of useless people.