Could you point me to some reading material that establishes that all those were necessary for the forward movement of humanity. Its not a snark, I would be gen

Could you point me to some reading material that establishes that all those were necessary for the forward movement of humanity. Its not a snark, I would be genuinely interested in learning about this point of view. I have no trouble accepting that these things co-occurred with the movement. I don't have a good reason/foundation to argue that they were necessary, or even beneficial, apart from artifacts that smoothen and/or amortize risks, insurance, for example.