simple questions about collapse

1. why have complex societies formed?

2. why have complex societies formed only in the past 10,000 years?

3. the genus homo has been around for 2.5 million years - but only recently formed complexity - why?

4. could it be that one time special environmental conditions allowed unprecendented ecosystem exploitation first through hunting in the ice age, and then farming?

5. could it be that a passing environmental "sweet spot" allowed the genus homo to flourish - and that once the unusual weather has passed - the genus homo will find it difficult once again?

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1st hunter - acquisitionist

Things I know about the first hunter - Acquisitionist all living things are first hunters all other hunters grow from the one before is four things acquisition knockout control ring generalship check hook feint play possum store training fans sponsors promoters defend cover-up parry new word - Acquisitionist think the human infant when the hunter is intrinsically the weapon singers (celine dion), models (Alessandra Ambrosio), prostitutes (alice little) and boxers (conor mcgregor) are examples what kills the acquisitionist health youth hierarchy what kills the acquisitionist forces the hunters to upgrade to higher hunting skills godzilla, the hulk, king kong, frankenstein's monster - are fictional examples thieves, bottle collectors and artisanal jade gatherers - they use their knowledge of where resources are to gather resources they kill out of fear or for hunger they die from old age being unable to feed themsleves four ages infant, pre-reproductive, reproduct...

exploit the field of Ningirsu as a(n interest- bearing) loan.

site works best with firefox: https://www.louvre.fr/en/oeuvre-notices/stele-vultures https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stele_of_the_Vultures from page 21 of Tracing the Earliest Recorded Concepts of International Law While the “Stele of the Vultures” does not disclose the full terms of the agreement reached between Eanatum, ruler of lagaš, and Enakale, ruler of umma, further details are given in the inscription of Enmetena, Eana- tum’s nephew, E1.9.5.1. According to that inscription, Eanatum, despite his victory over umma, left a strip of land over one km. deep, belonging to lagaš, along the border under umma’s control, According to Eanatum’s inscription on his “Stele of the Vultures” (E1.9.3.1), the ruler of umma was obligated under oath to “exploit the field of Ningirsu as a(n interest- bearing) loan.” According to Enmetena’s inscription, the amount of land umma could use was stipulated by the acreage needed to produce 1 guru (5184 hl.) of grain, at the current ...

humans are make humans weapons

wednesday nov 10 financial times says belarus is instrumentalising migrants. humans makes other humans into weapons to extract resources from other humans. belarus is bringing migrants from syria and iraq to polish border putting pressure on eu and poland. this is strategic from belarus. low risk and low cost attack. it is hard to see what a measured response by poland would be. what can poland do to extract resources from belarus at low cost and low cost? because of its moral commitments poland cant imprison or threaten migrants - but they could promote hussar history in migrant source countries - proudly promoting christian militarism defeating the ottomans. how about the hodow? https://amp.ft.com/content/5524378f-f141-4f6e-8ea4-0f3be0bf27af

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