Well it depends what kind of society brings the most happiness out of our lives.

I can't say, I have never lived as a Bonobo.

One could argue that it's better to have no inventions than inventing the following:

- the Spanish inquisition

- jihad/crusades

- guns

- PFAS

- agent orange

- iron maiden (not the band, the torture device)

- the atomic bomb

This is exactly what everyone means by “return to monke”