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Re:How to Exist by 2b3a51 on Saturday August 01, 2026 @04:18AM (#49132282)
Interesting comment, but I'm thinking of the time scales involved. Farming 6 to 8 thousand years ago, simultaneous development in several areas. Before that millennia of hunter-gatherers (with technologies thrown in like stone shaping and metals?). Before that it is millions of years after chimps/bonobos/us diverged.

Something accelerated the restlessness, perhaps language?

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Re:How to Exist by Avicebron on Saturday August 01, 2026 @10:19AM (#49134689)
>Something accelerated the restlessness, perhaps language?

Look up David Harvey's work, I think it was less language and more certain economic patterns demanding acceleration.

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Re:How to Exist by roncesvalles on Saturday August 01, 2026 @12:03PM (#49135566)
The time scales are long enough for evolution itself to play out. It's very plausible that the percent of the human gene pool that has the "restless builder" genes simply increased over time. Just consider how much of an advantage being technologically superior gives one party during war.
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