Humans' secret superpower that enabled us to conquer the globe and distinguish us from other species is our capacity to cooperate in large numbers, rooted in self-domestication theory whereby the friendliest individuals historically had the most offspring and thus passed on genes for friendliness.

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Rutger Bregman

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it is our capacity to work together, to cooperate... This friendliness is really our secret superpower... the scientific term for this is self-domestication theory.

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Yuval Noah Harari & Rutger Bregman: YES Online ConversationsYuval Noah Harari
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:47:31 AM

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