The old and famous phrase "no man is an island" points to the fact that we humans are social beings. Think about the food that we eat, the clothes that we wear, the iPhone and iPads that we use––we take all of these for granted on a daily basis. But do you even realise that the process making all of these things actually needs people to work together?
The society we live in is so large that the above may not seem obvious. All we think about is how to make as much money as possible. We think we can have anything we want with money. But I hope this article so far has made you realise that money is not that real––what's real is the fruits of cooperation among humans. Money just simplifies the process of exchange of expertise in an enormous and complex human community. But Money is a discussion for another time.
Now think about this: if you were stranded on an island with a group of people––say ten people––one person is skilled in cooking, another one in building, another in manufacturing, another in farming, etc; here you've got an ingredient to form a working society. If you really think about it, we are all that group of people, stranded on one huge island called the planet Earth!
What point is this article trying to make? It is trying to remind readers to live peacefully within this huge Earth society and that we essentially need each other. If you imagine being stranded on an island with only a handful of people, even enemies would need to put aside their differences and egos, and start working together if they wanted to survive!
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