7/10. Work and competition

The fight for survival shaped the deepest corners of our brains through a long history of evolution. Many species need to eat other species, and individuals of the same species need to compete in order to get food, escape from danger and reproduce. Even if the Homo sapiens species developed agriculture, science, technology and complex political societies based on freedom, rationality, human rights, etc., the deep motivations of humans are not necessarily that different from those of the first humans or any other species like different kinds of oxen, dogs or monkeys. If we observe any group of oxen, monkeys…