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The overwhelming net outcome has been construction. Look out your window (or at your computer). We're not living in caves.
by wolverine876 3y ago
The overwhelming net outcome has been construction. Look out your window (or at your computer). We're not living in caves.
- yen223 3y agoIt would take a lot less energy to destroy everything we've built, than the energy needed to build them in the first place. It's only by the grace of something that we chose not to destroy everything we see. I hope that remains the case for a long time.
- wolverine876 3y ago> It's only by the grace of something ... It seems a very reliable fact of human nature, based on millennia of evidence. We started building 10,000 years ago and haven't stopped. Humans are social animals; our primate ancestors also are social, living in groups of dozens. It's not an accident or good luck.