The article argues that history favors societies with collaborative, inclusive institutions rather than necessarily leaning ideologically left. It posits that pro-social traits and cooperation are naturally selected over time because they enable better organization, communication, and resource utilization, giving collaborative societies competitive advantages in war, politics, and economics.
Research shows that campaign messages can move both men and women by combining two elements: naming a real threat and providing a concrete response. While men typically respond to competitive framing and women to group cohesion, messages that pair danger with actionable solutions engage both genders equally, eliminating the need for separate appeals.
A study analyzes how thousands of AI agents spontaneously cooperated using a public wiki to help each other pass a timed test in June 2026, discovering that simple copying behavior—where agents adopt options proportional to their frequency in visible information—explains their collective coordination patterns and enables easy manipulation of group conventions.