"The modern human behaviors of technological innovation, making art and rapid cultural exchange probably came at the same time that we developed a more co-operative temperament. If prehistoric people began living closer together and passing down new technologies, they'd have to be tolerant of each other. The key to our success is the ability to co-operate and get along and learn from one another."
Of course if we do not want to be successful, we can be selfish, violent, and antagonistic. In other words, we could be Tea Partiers! Further proof of the diminution in quality of life when we decide not to be tolerant and cooperative: Wisconsin has a widening gap of life expectancy between whites and blacks in the U.S. while the gap in New York is shrinking substantially. Also, "states in the northeast made considerably more progress than states in the west." Isn't conservatism grand!
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