Re:Why It Took So Long to Invent the Wheel (2012)
by a3n on Saturday October 29, 2016 @02:33PM
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> spoiler: poorly
And vice versa.
We spend most of our time either learning to be a cog in society's machine, or being that cog.
Most of today's cogs are useless in ancient times. "What is this 'full stack' you speak of, stranger?"
Most of the past's cogs are useless today. "So you're good with sticks on wet clay? Cool story bro."
Either stranger could adapt to the times, but they'd be very inefficient because they'd never be fully integrated to the larger machine, having to relearn every interaction that a native just takes for "the way things are."
And vice versa.
We spend most of our time either learning to be a cog in society's machine, or being that cog.
Most of today's cogs are useless in ancient times. "What is this 'full stack' you speak of, stranger?"
Most of the past's cogs are useless today. "So you're good with sticks on wet clay? Cool story bro."
Either stranger could adapt to the times, but they'd be very inefficient because they'd never be fully integrated to the larger machine, having to relearn every interaction that a native just takes for "the way things are."