Thank you! Sheesh! Nature is the, uh, state of Nature. As you say, it's the baseline. So really: "Civilization has enormous emotional and cognitive burdens o

Thank you! Sheesh! Nature is the, uh, state of Nature. As you say, it's the baseline. So really: "Civilization has enormous emotional and cognitive burdens on people." is the actual situation. Natural systems are effectively infinite fractals, most urban structures are flat and relatively featureless by comparison. Living in a city is sensory deprivation combined with overwhelming discordant stimuli (engines and sirens mostly.) And that's before you get to the incredible chemical burden of living in a city. In fact, until very recently, cities were populations sinks. People died in cities faster than they were born.