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Yes, we might have different stresses as a species now, but I'm not sure we have any more stress than we had thousands of years ago.
by dham 3y ago
Yes, we might have different stresses as a species now, but I'm not sure we have any more stress than we had thousands of years ago.
- thih9 3y agoThousands of years ago doesn’t seem a good reference point. With advances in science, technology, better shelters and more accessible food - we absolutely should have way less stress today.
- silverquiet 3y agoMy snarky remark would be that with advances in capitalism, we’ve found ever more ways to generate stress. The less snarky remark would be that Robert Sapolsky has done plenty of research on stress responses in primates and found that the single largest predictor of high stress responses is inequality, which our modern times do seem to generate in abundance.
- jijijijij 3y agoAlthough... > anthropologists have found that hunter-gatherers tend to have significantly more leisure time than people in more complex societies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure#Cultural_differences https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisure#Cultural_differences
- shafyy 3y agoI would also postulate that the average human was happier 20000 years ago than the average human today. I also think that an average duck is happier than an average human.
- rpozarickij 3y ago> I also think that an average duck is happier than an average human. Perhaps being able to think doesn't help much when it comes to happiness. Thinking is useful practically but it's as if you have to suppress it in order to experience happiness.
- jijijijij 3y ago> I also think that an average duck is happier than an average human. You should read a bit about their sex lives...
- altdataseller 3y agoHumans did not have a long time span thousands of years ago as well…