What if Lord of the Flies got it wrong?

A real-life shipwreck, modern psychology, and a hard look at how our systems actually work suggest something far more hopeful about who we are. We are not savages waiting for rules to disappear. We are cooperative beings placed inside flawed structures.

So where do the “Jacks” really come from? And what does that mean for the future of civilisation?

Read the full piece now and decide for yourself.