great tweet, and I agree, but a quibble re the definition of "us":
around 50% of first world humans accumulate capital at rates higher than apes do ...and it's even fewer (less @BostonDelendEst ?) outside the first worldhttps://twitter.com/drethelin/status/1164992948628525056 …
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Replying to @MorlockP @BostonDelendEst
Even the most primitive human groups still have spears and huts and ritualized teaching of skills (increase in human capital) and so on.
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Replying to @drethelin @BostonDelendEst
true meant to add "noticeably higher" tho you could counter-quibble that by saying "in percent terms, 2 sharp rocks is a huge improvement over 1 sharp rock"...
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