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We invented cities, societies, laws, and civilizations to build up trust, fairness, long-term thinking, and creativity. IN that time we expanded our circle of empathy. We’ve gone from caring primarily about our clan, to our tribe, to our nation, to other species, to a planet.

At their best, companies are machines for doing the stuff a founder really wants to do, but bigger, with other people who want to do it too.