Still, even if you subscribe to the idea that there are people who are naturally inclined to Do Things rather than laze about all day, you still have to wonder how anything gets done. After all, most things worth doing require more than one person. The pharaohs of Egypt didn't haul rocks into giant geometric shapes themselves, did they?
Maybe not[1], but people are really good at getting their goals to interleave in such a way that everyone can get a little of what they want. Basic econ tells us that as long as 2 people aren't identical, they can derive some benefit from trading. Every new person is a potential asset. So even though the pharaoh's tomb doesn't really benefit anyone, it still got built. Great things were achieved despite the fact that the pharaoh was probably the only one who wanted it.
[1] I dunno, maybe they did! Were you there?
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