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Humans have been on the planet for around 100,000 years. It’s only been in the last 9,000 or so, with the advent of the notion of private property and paternity that we have become notably aggressive. Earlier anthropological records seem to indicate that we were more cooperative in our ancient past. We developed language and big brains for the purposes of cooperation - (you don’t need language if your survival depends on breeding and random acts of violence.) We are weak, stumpy, and slow. Our babies are helpless and require some 12+ years of community and parental investment to be self-sufficient. Those are not the markers of an aggressive uncooperative species. But look, in the few short centuries where we have evolved into a Hobbesian species, we are ushering in our own extinction.

Nov 24, 2023
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