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A comforting thought for many apocalyptic folks - in a postapocalyptic world, we will be operating at a scale much more in line with Dunbar's number and much be
by jchallis 9y ago
A comforting thought for many apocalyptic folks - in a postapocalyptic world, we will be operating at a scale much more in line with Dunbar's number and much better fitting our natural equipment.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoHm. Our 'natural equipment' has evolved for civilization at an amazing rate in the last 50,000 years. We're not really suited to a wild existence over most of the globe any more. Heck, take away glasses and insulin and a huge number of us die the first week.
- fouc 9y agoMost people can get by without glasses in a world where they don't need to read or drive. Also most people wouldn't be diabetic on a wild forager diet. Most of humanity are still living in rough conditions also. Only a small percentage of humanity would die off and the rest would re-acclimate. There hasn't been all that much 'evolution' aside from some selection for intelligence.
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoMost of humanity is housed and fed. We shouldn't get our image of the world from movies. Nearly every country has made great strides in the human condition in the last century. Anyway, no way the current ecosystem supports the current human population. Its only thru intense civilized effort that we've built these hives of humanity. The die-off would be immense. And because of competition, those who are fit will dominate. So the glasses-wearing insulin-needing people will be first to go.