> there would only ever be a single organizational structure for human society, like bees, ants, chimps or whatever. this implies that we have zero agency over

> there would only ever be a single organizational structure for human society, like bees, ants, chimps or whatever. this implies that we have zero agency over what we do. i did not mean that with my remark. > societies have organized in many different ways and the complexity and variety is only exploding over time. completely agree. but i think a significant driver of the way we organize ourselves is the underlying approaches to how we made groups to sustain. from my narrow worldview, it would be too soon to rule out any violence from our future. but overall the trajectory has been for the better imho.