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I had this same insight a few years ago. That human beings with the exactly same brain capacity than ours existed 100,000 years ago. And we normally think about
by soneca 12y ago
I had this same insight a few years ago. That human beings with the exactly same brain capacity than ours existed 100,000 years ago. And we normally think about knowledge and realizations and things happening from 10,000 years ago at the most.
This openned my mind to realise the importance of some things we take for granted: learning tools and institutions, diversity (in depth and breadth), register of history and culture.
- rowanseymour 12y agoIt's mind blowing and tragic at the same time. We'll only ever get tiny and blurred glimpses of the stories of those people and tribes that walked the earth for all those millennia. It's so easy then to forget that they had hopes and dreams just like us. Contrast that to people born in this century whose every move from the day they were born is documented online.
- killnine 12y agoI've been meaning to read this www.gatesnotes.com/Books/Big-History-From-the-Big-Bang-to-the-Present but then found your comment for http://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-A-Brief-History-Humankind/product-reviews/0062316095/ref=cm_cr_dp_qt_hist_one?ie=UTF8&filterBy=addOneStar&showViewpoints=0 http://www.amazon.com/Sapiens-A-Brief-History-Humankind/prod... and now after reading the 1-star reviews from both, I want neither. Suggestions for a purely subjective read?
- rowanseymour 12y agoGood luck on your quest for a "purely subjective read". Every good book out there has its critics. I suggest you read this one and make up your own mind.