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The author's bio reads "A fellow primate who wonders why we ever came down from the trees." I get the impression he unironically is asking that like a Douglas
by madrox 5y ago
The author's bio reads "A fellow primate who wonders why we ever came down from the trees."
I get the impression he unironically is asking that like a Douglas Adams character.
"Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake coming down from the trees in the first place, and some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no-one should ever have left the oceans."
- civilized 5y agoHe should take a plane to the Congo and give it a try. Maybe a sympathetic pack of chimps will take him in.
- starkd 5y agoI think he wrote that entirely in jest. His larger point is about the folly of mankind's idea about progress. Technology, however invigorating and useful, can easily become another false idol.
- madrox 5y agoI have a hard time believing that assertion given how this article was written. It's full of ad hominem attacks and naturalistic fallacies. This is not mere punditry.