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Sure there are also many problems with saying only tech can fix all our issues. Tech is the reason we have all these issues in the first place. People survived
by bix6 1y ago
Sure there are also many problems with saying only tech can fix all our issues. Tech is the reason we have all these issues in the first place. People survived just fine in teepees. Some might even say they lived a better life before the tech (guns) and non-native disease enabled by tech (travel) wiped them out. Swap the bike for a horse then. All you need for that is wild food and people who care about animals.
- lazide 1y agoNoble savage much? They had war, rapes, atrocities, tragedies, plagues, shittiness, famines, etc. too you know. At least from what we’ve been able to gather after they mostly got wiped out. It is no picnic living in a preindustrial society.
- bix6 1y agoIt’s no picnic right now either. Massive inequality while the world prepares to wipe us all away. I’m aware of the stats about xyz improving over time. But if we let the earth fall apart, as is the trend, it’s all for naught.
- lazide 1y agoDo you think pre-industrial civilizations were super equal, or didn’t have ‘world trying to wipe us away’ issues?
- bix6 1y agoPre ag it was hard to store wealth or accumulate power so hunter gatherers may have been the most egalitarian setup in our history. Sure it’s always been a battle but they weren’t speedrunning GHG into the atmosphere.
- lazide 1y agoGhenghis Khan?
- TimorousBestie 1y agoThey said pre-agricultural revolution, c. 10000 BCE.
- lazide 1y agoPre-ag is likely MUCH earlier than 10000 BCE. We have no records of it however, so we have no way to know what it was like.