How did humans come so far

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Think about what we have now. Even just here, computers, little microchips using electricity to produce images, then internet to communicate with others in the world. And Also people somewhere are experimenting with these chips etc and developing them so that the images they create look even better for us, but then we also need better viewing furniture i.e. TV..another crazy thing when one thinks about it.

Go to your nearest forest and at one time that was all that was in your area, mud and grass and trees, no roads, no buildings, no cars, no electricity and so on.

When you sit down and think about it how did humans get to where we are now considering must people I know IRL are lazy bums and hardly look like creating new things or inventions.

Firstly we needed one human to discover the one thing such as caveman discovered he can Hit small stone with bigger stone to make small stone good shape to make weapon, then weapon to kill animal…etc.

Then idea to use stones and rocks to keep warm and make a house.

Fast forward a few million years and discoveries such as oil, electricity etc are really insane when you look at what they have achieved now…NO electricity=no computers for a start.

The technilogical advancments are insane…even such things as a usb cable goes through about 3-4 machines to be made…Soldering machines, wire cutting machines etc…WHo invented or made these machines?

Are there actual engineering companies paid to create machines to build cables etc?

THen what about things like Bridges, the pyramids, castles, skyscrapers…How many hours and how many men to build them, such insight to build them without fault…WHo the hell is standing 1000 feet in air putting windows and bricks into the buildings or dangling 100 feet over the sea to build a bridge.

I just dont know how any of these things ever happened.

Humans were curious by nature? Hard workers?

We are lucky we live in the time we do when you think about i even 50 years ago etc they only had radio or minimal tv…and 100 years ago what u do for fun?

We play games like bf4 for a start which is just insane when you compare to what people did 100 years ago in their leisure time.

The advancement of technology is just insane.

A bit long winded but interesting nonetheless when you ponder it all…Any thoughts?

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They’re are those few who try to actually try to better the world. Seems those few are fading. It’s all about “ME ME ME” NOW NOW NOW" with most people I encounter now.

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If somebody were to take the smartphone and go back in time, he/she would be accused of possessing something of ‘supernatural’ abilities…and may be accused of practicing magic or witchcraft.

At the same time another thing I am amazed is that when I was a teenager, there was no internet. We only have written material in libraries and bookstores, and very few channels on the TV/radio; and yet we know stuff beyond our area of interest in the present and past.

And yet nowadays, with Google answering any question you throw at it in less than 2 seconds, you get people asking questions that you wouldn’t dream to hear 20 years ago… like “What is Elvis?”

While some humans are evolving fast and promoting technological advancement - unfortunately, some others are at risk of having their brains become a vestigial virtually functionless organ…almost just like the appendix.

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Yep. I remember having to use an encyclopedia to look up stuff. The human race is getting extremely lazy.

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So everything we have today comes from only few people per generation?

say for example bridges?

1 man thought of idea
2-3 men discovered the materials to be used
1-2 men thought of mathematical ways to make a successful bridge
100 men built the bridge.

So it all started with only 1 or 2 men who were intelligent and investigative? 2 from millions? But how did they get workers to build for them? There was no money to offer id imagine? Still 200 people chose to work using labor from x amount. Its always been a small percent of population to discover things and work hard on them?

Then off course once something is discovered/built others want to get involved so it takes off, people see of bridge and want to make their own, new engineers, new methods, new materials and so on and on…but still for every 1 or 2 engineers and architects still needs 100s of workers…

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lol

but that brings to another point of course humans travelled and spread word etc, this was how we knew what was going on before technologies…But imagine back then they did not know what they would find. Man would travel by ship to unkown places and for all he knew could be met by monsters.

There are still tribes out there in amazon etc I believe that live a primitive way and in Africa that have no knowledge of our modern world.

Imagine going to amazon and bring jungle man to our country it be same as taking caveman in time machine to our world. I wonder what he make of it all? wasnt there a movie like this?

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Math.