Because that was the problem, really, wasn’t it, with being human? You couldn’t just be, couldn’t just live and exist without dragging your feet through the mud. You had to communicate, congregate, collaborate, cohabiate. You had to corroborate. Copulate. You had to co-this, co-that, co–bloody-everything, and if you weren’t co-operating you were operating with the co, which was a declaration less of independence than of relativity. You could only really exist in relation to others.Deborah Copaken Kogan
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The quote above was written by the author George Saunders. In his essay he states that humans are not capable of living without co-operating with others. He also emphasizes that people must communicate, congregate, collaborate and cohabitate in order to live their lives. When we co-operate with others we are actually declaring our independence of others. We can only really exist as individuals if we are willing to co-operate with others.
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