Looking for a squad or going it by yourself?

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Today, the title of this post was the starting point for my little daily reflection. I don't always share the ideas or themes that I reflect on throughout the day, or just a few hours, but today, I think I want to share this one with you.

Man has been a social being for as long as we can remember. Even in times when he lives nomadically, always looking for the best sources of food or the best weather conditions.

However, despite these somewhat regular changes of location, life was not led alone. The human condition didn't allow it. Nature has endowed man with a larger brain, with larger frontal lobes, which allow him to foresee and plan actions. Acting not only for momentary needs, but also with some planning. With this larger organ, which is very valuable, we ended up losing other characteristics that weren't so precise. And in nature, what “isn't used” falls into disuse or disappears. As such, other characteristics have been attenuated, and others even developed. Our anaerobic capacity, although still high, didn't need to be so high, as we ended up developing tools that help us catch fruit, seeds and even land, water and air animals.

Our superior intellectual and cognitive capacity led to the development of a language, which became increasingly complex, and which greatly contributed to the expansion of our precedents.

The real liberation from a more nomadic lifestyle came after the development of agriculture and the domestication of animals. At that time, the family and the community were more important than ever for everyone's livelihood, as well as for the protection and greater survival of descendants. This step was very important for man's longevity, which freed up the younger members for other, more physically demanding tasks. The elders would be in charge of looking after the children who still depended on an adult, and not necessarily on their immediate family.

Communities, extended families thrived, and the mutual help between them established the different levels of hierarchy that arose naturally.

If we jump back a few thousand years to the present day, we might even think that we can be independent of others. But this is the purest of untruths. Of course, we may be fine on our own, or we may even be able to solve some problems (personal or otherwise) more easily and even more quickly. But if we want to go further, we can't just aim for speedy completion of small goals. On our own, we can sometimes get there more quickly, but almost always that speed consumes resources that can later be used for other tasks.

If we want to go further, in better conditions and with better prospects, this is only possible with the help of others.

As I get older, and more years go by in which I don't start a family of my own, I become more aware of the difficulties that begin to arise. I still feel strong enough to overcome them on my own, or with occasional help. But it's true that when it comes to major difficulties, being alone just makes you a much easier target!

I hope you enjoyed my little reflection today!

Thank you for your time!

Cheers🍀

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