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← Civilization is triggered by humans learning to stay in one place, not by anything they invented there.

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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Civilization is triggered by humans learning to stay in one place, not by anything they invented there. Civilization is triggered by humanslearning to stay in one place, notby anything they invented there. Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every cognitive ingredient for farming and for states was already in place tens of thousands of years before either appeared, so what humanity was waiting on was not biology. — tap to centre the map on it Every cognitive ingredient forfarming and for states wasalready in place tens ofthousands of years before… Last stated 4 months ago 8 May 2026 DR David Reich — holds since 2026-05-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: Every technological civilisation probably triggers its own planetary climate crisis. — tap to centre the map on it Every technologicalcivilisation probably triggersits own planetary climatecrisis. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Dec 2024 AF Adam Frank — holds since 2024-12-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: Settled civilizations only improve inside a fixed way of doing things; Genghis Khan had no fixed way of thinking, and that is why he could absorb any technology he met. — tap to centre the map on it Settled civilizations onlyimprove inside a fixed way ofdoing things; Genghis Khan hadno fixed way of thinking, and… Last stated a year ago 31 Jul 2025 JW Jack Weatherford — holds since 2025-07-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A civilization that advanced and that large would have left something behind, and archaeologists find fish scales. — tap to centre the map on it A civilization that advancedand that large would have leftsomething behind, andarchaeologists find fish… Last stated 2 years ago 30 Sept 2024 EB Ed Barnhart — holds since 2024-09-30 — tap for who they are Same subject: Human-level AI is most likely centuries or millennia away, so there is no reason to reorganise one's work around its arrival. — tap to centre the map on it Human-level AI is most likelycenturies or millennia away,so there is no reason toreorganise one's work around… Last stated 3 years ago 13 Dec 2023 SA Scott Aaronson — holds since 2008-09-07 — tap for who they are SA Scott Aaronson — no longer holds since 2023-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: The simplest explanation for why we have never noticed an alien civilization is that there are none out there. — tap to centre the map on it The simplest explanation forwhy we have never noticed analien civilization is thatthere are none out there. Last stated 2 years ago 22 Apr 2024 SC Sean Carroll — holds since 2024-04-22 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Civilization is triggered by humans learning to stay in one place, not by anything they invented there. Last stated 30 Sept 2024 · 2 years ago Holds Ed Barnhart Read this korrent →