Saw a wonderful video that touched on cooperation, and how it’s fundamental to the biological world we are a part of. Folds within folds of constructive harmonic matter in motion.
The Moment Life Discovered Teamwork
Oct 26, 2025
Billions of years ago, before animals, before plants, before even the concept of individuality — life made a choice.
> Not to fight, but to cooperate.This is the story of that choice — the moment when single cells stopped competing and started building together, forming the first team in the history of life. …
…, we’ll journey through deep time to explore how symbiosis, communication, and trust shaped the architecture of life itself.
How mitochondria were once invaders turned partners.
How cooperation rewrote the rules of evolution.
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