Then humanity today would approximately the same as humanity of its first era. I don't really understand the tendency to deny one's own agency. We were all once

Then humanity today would approximately the same as humanity of its first era. I don't really understand the tendency to deny one's own agency. We were all once teenagers. And one of the first things we do as our brain starts to develop is rebel against the authority of a time. And, for some, that spirit of independence and rebellion never ends.