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Think about humanity in the early Neolithic -- thousands of different cultures minding their own business in their own corner of the world. Remarkably, each seminal technology (e.g. agriculture, writing, copper) was only invented independently at most 2-3 times, often just once
These technologies are very much non obvious. And they tend to all depend on each other. It could easily have turned out very differently. There is nothing inevitable or deterministic about technological progress, independently of human cognitive abilities.
I think technology and civilization - like organisms - are subject to the laws of mutation and natural selection. Technologies only need to be invented once and then propagate, mutate, and become more complex over time through these mechanics.
yeah but if they werent invented at that time, they might have been invented again 10000 times into the future. not hard to think about bringing animals close to ur house so you dont have to hunt them for ex. and voila you have farming, this could have been invented over and over
Even on a long enough time scale?
Possibly, depending on ease of acquiring sustaining resources balanced against population growth. Modulating the key factors of population size and density. I think it's serious enough that I can't dismiss it as a candidate for a Great Filter.
True, but in a world where farming/industry isn’t discovered, most people wouldn’t exist to experience it. I find it kind of inevitable, or statistically likely, that we exist in a world where civilization enables high population.
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