War There's never been a time without war. War is both the worst thing we do to each other and the crucible of every possible innovation. Militarists and pornographers have been the earliest adopters of every new technology. Not just material technology but also social technologies - if one can use the term technology for new forms of social organization; one theory of why human hunter-gatherer societies are relatively egalitarian is that everyone possesses weapons, so that less powerful members can band together and shoot arrows at their oppressors. In contrast, agricultural societies (where the weapons are controlled by the lord and his soldiers) are as unequal as they get.
Jayary Newsletter # 47
Jayary Newsletter # 47
Jayary Newsletter # 47
War There's never been a time without war. War is both the worst thing we do to each other and the crucible of every possible innovation. Militarists and pornographers have been the earliest adopters of every new technology. Not just material technology but also social technologies - if one can use the term technology for new forms of social organization; one theory of why human hunter-gatherer societies are relatively egalitarian is that everyone possesses weapons, so that less powerful members can band together and shoot arrows at their oppressors. In contrast, agricultural societies (where the weapons are controlled by the lord and his soldiers) are as unequal as they get.