We carried out this exploration and expansion in teams and in bands, but we didn’t do it in lockstep. Loyalty and cooperation were essential, but so were individualism and creative conflict. But keeping the conflict creative, rather than combustible, was the search for the truth that lets ideas win, not people. When we were most successful, it was because we were trying to find what was right, not to be right. Our curious search for truth and understanding makes us unique compared with the other creatures on this planet. Our search drives strange behaviors, creates strange inventions, and
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