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interesting is an afterthought. None of that has anything to do with civilization, aside from I suppose the lack of complete and utter destruction of the local
by zzzzzzzza 9y ago
interesting is an afterthought. None of that has anything to do with civilization, aside from I suppose the lack of complete and utter destruction of the local ecology.
- Jesus_Jones 9y agoIt has to do with civ. in that with enough civ. a lot more of us have enough food and free time to have a little leisure time. It might be only working 5 or 6 days a week, it might be we survived heavy industrialization into the post period where we clean the air and remove dangerous chemicals from pollution.
- alexasmyths 9y agoAlso the height of human experience. The beauty and serenity of perfect weather, a perfect taste, a perfect smile - the moment. This is civilization, just not so much in industrial or even hard intellectual terms.
- zzzzzzzza 9y agoSlaughtering your opponent in a no holds barred contest of strength is also the height of human experience. Human experience is completely orthogonal to civilization. Civilization is found primarily in libraries and databases - civilization is an intellectual tradition.