1/ while I agree w the ethos expressed here, the actual facts are entirely wrong. For the vast majority of human history there has NOT been a frontier that normal people could get to, physically, economically, or legally ...and if they could, it would be even worse than staying https://t.co/fsEy9ntOEL
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12/ This is an interesting assertion, but I don't buy it. A single man, wandering in the wilderness, is defenseless against other hunter gatherer tribes. We know that the homicide rate among hunter gatherers is very high. Single men don't wander >>>https://twitter.com/LucioMM1/status/1220734569990774785 …
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13/ ...any more than single chimpanzees do. Exile is a death sentence. Our brains excel in communication and social skills SO THAT we can band together in tribes in an intensely dangerous environment.
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15/ OK, but now we're no longer talking about "a man lighting out for the frontier", but are talking about "a tribe fractures in two". which, ok, sure, that happened ...but has nothing to do with the thesis of this thread.https://twitter.com/LucioMM1/status/1220735224495190016 …
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"with some others, couldn't go it alone."
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Which makes living in an atomized society stressful. Sure, you have food and shelter, but not the social contact your circuits demand for proof you'll keep surviving. Hence online rants demonstrating value to tribe.
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well said
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John the baptist tho You can always get by on bugs and loincloths Provided a reasonable climate And a FAT dose of asceticism
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