The Human Swarm
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What’s it about?
Why do humans form vast societies of strangers while other animals can't? This book reveals how shared identity, not personal bonds, enables our unprecedented scale of cooperation—and conflict.
You’ll learn
- Anonymous societies are uniquely human
- Social markers bind strangers together
- Tribalism is a feature, not a bug
- Identity crises can collapse civilizations