The act of working together with others for a shared purpose. It involves people or groups helping each other instead of blocking or fighting.
From Latin *cooperatio* 'working together', from *cooperari* 'to work together'. The noun form highlights the ongoing process or state of joint work.
Cooperation is so normal we forget how fragile it is—trust, communication, and fairness all have to be there. Biologists even study cooperation in animals, like ants and bees, to understand how complex societies arise. Online communities are giant experiments in cooperation, both when they work and when they fall apart.
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