How do people in our society cooperate in day-to-day living?

Question

How do people in our society cooperate in day-to-day living?

Answer 1

Many times, we make a conscious decision to subordinate our ego in order to effectively contribute to a group effort.

We can always choose to put ourselves first in any situation, but we will tend to cooperate in the short term if we believe that the society as a whole and we in particular will benefit in the long term.