# Humanity’s defining characteristic

By [94f9](https://paragraph.com/@10827) · 2022-09-04

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Humanity’s defining characteristic is its ability to organize and cooperate. We have devised a number of tools to do this — from language, religion, and legal structures, to rules on the highway — all are systems created to align our actions.

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