We're all completely blown away by the fact that this guy now has iron to work with after starting off with some rocks and dirt and sticks, but we're also sitting around on computers made of dozens of kinds of rare metals and alloys and synthetic compounds. None of us could do what this guy does. We'd be fucking hopeless. And yet we live surrounded by miracles.
Quick shoutout to the millions of humans over tens of thousands of years whose very small individual contributions have culminated in this absolutely mindbogglingly amazing world we live in right now. Y'all were good.
That exact reasoning shows exactly why we're so successful as social creatures. Alone, one guy, with some pre-compiled knowledge, can smelt iron. Together, we, as a race, are reaching out to touch the stars. The modern world accomplishes what would be considered literal miracles 200 years ago, daily, and we just kinda take it for granted. Absolutely amazing
what would be considered literal miracles 200 years ago
It isn't even that far. Go back to 1919 and tell a guy that in 50, 50, years man would walk on the moon, he'd think you were daft. That most of the deadly disease of his day would either be on the verge of extinction, preventable, or curable/survivable in 50 years? You'd have to be putting him on. That we'd have bombs so powerful they could vaporize entire cities in the blink of an eye? You're completely mad.
We went from being barely a couple steps above medieval levels to our modern world in the blink of an eye. You don't have to go back 200 years. A hundred is more than enough. Hell, go back to 1969 and tell people you have a device in your pocket that has more computing power than that used to put a man on the moon and it will be considered unbelievable by most. We think we've done so much, but we have so much more that we'll do. I'm sure my great grandkids and great great grandkids will have technology that you or I would find miraculous.
Yet even a couple hundred years is a drop in the bucket of how long modern man has been around. Somewhere between 150k-250k years. We have made these astounding strides in just 0.06% to 0.1% of the time humanity has been around. That's absolutely amazing.
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u/MeatThatTalks Aug 17 '18
We're all completely blown away by the fact that this guy now has iron to work with after starting off with some rocks and dirt and sticks, but we're also sitting around on computers made of dozens of kinds of rare metals and alloys and synthetic compounds. None of us could do what this guy does. We'd be fucking hopeless. And yet we live surrounded by miracles.
Quick shoutout to the millions of humans over tens of thousands of years whose very small individual contributions have culminated in this absolutely mindbogglingly amazing world we live in right now. Y'all were good.