Cooperation Is What Makes Us Human - Issue 18 : Genius
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Tales about the origins of our species always start off like this: A small band of hunter-gatherers roams the savannah, loving, warring, and struggling for survival under the African sun. They do not start like this: A fat guy falls off a New York City subway platform onto the tracks. But what happens next is a quintessential story of who we are as human beings. On Feb. 17, 2013, around 2:30 a.m., Garrett O’Hanlon, a U.S. Air Force Academy cadet third class, was out celebrating his 22nd birthday in New York City. He and his sister were in the subway waiting for a train when a sudden silence came over the platform, followed by a shriek. People pointed down to the tracks. O’Hanlon turned and saw a man sprawled facedown on the tracks. “The next thing that happened, I was on the tracks, (...)