In the beginning, lacking means of communication and transportation
and confining efforts principally to the production of mere necessities
of life, individuals and groups lived largely independently of
each other.
With increasing wants, the result of enlightened intellect, with
increasing facilities in transportation and communication, with
development of ability for invention and improvement, independence
gave way to interdependence to such a degree that today the welfare
of every individual is woven into the fabric of modern society. |