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Re:"How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days... by otabdeveloper4 on Monday October 16, 2023 @07:52AM (#37898463)
> in the technological age

Every age is a technological age. The technology (per se) of a paleolithic human is no less complex and involved that the technology of today.

Technology is about process and supply chain complexity, not knowledge. The paleolithic human was short on knowledge, but their supply chains were as global, complex and fragile as the ones we have today.

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Re:"How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days... by nonrandomstring on Monday October 16, 2023 @09:44AM (#37899821)
I think in 1800 you would have got away with that argument. But for me, living after 2000, when I say "technological age" I'm speaking of the Anthropocene [0].

There's a qualitative difference of systematic complexity.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthropocene

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Re:"How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days... by otabdeveloper4 on Monday October 16, 2023 @12:59PM (#37902793)
You severely underestimate the technological complexity of stone age life.

(Much of it has been lost to history and can't be reproduced anymore.)

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