What Does Plays Well With Others Say a Healthy Society Is Built on?

The opening of Plays Well with Others says the foundational element of a healthy society is cooperation, not competition. Culture pays for individual achievement, and awards go to people rather than teams. We remember the astronauts, not the mathematicians and physicists who sent them to space and brought them home. Business shelves are full of leadership books by CEOs that never show how the group actually did the work. The show argues that collaboration is one of the few forces strong enough to cure diseases, topple governments, play a symphony, or create wealth, and that the work now happens virtually, across borders and time zones.