I think we are dealing with survivorship bias more so than anything else. We can look back and speculate about society, how it functioned and all that, but ever

I think we are dealing with survivorship bias more so than anything else. We can look back and speculate about society, how it functioned and all that, but every time we do we are limited in knowledge and by our own biases. I chose to reply as I did because of the whole “I doubt it’s a coincidence”.