If civilization were a person how old would it be? In literal terms it’s about 12,000 years old counting from the Neolithic revolution.
I’m thinking about 38.
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What niggles me here is that with a person, their most dramatic period of change is when they're very young (under 18, say) but civilization ages the other way; 10 millennia of gradual progress then 1-2 millennia of much more dramatic change.
Civilization as Benjamin Button?
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If it weren’t lindy I’d say either 14 (thinks it’s a lot cleverer than it is, irrationally angry with the world, entitled) or 72 (ditto)
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