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I believe in something called "Social Infrastructure"[0]. That's basically what folks might label "tribal knowledge," but it goes far deeper.

This is something that takes generations to build, but can get lost, very quickly.

Folks, these days, aren't actually any smarter than our ancestors. We just have a vast social infrastructure that raises the baseline for our starting point.

[0] https://littlegreenviper.com/miscellany/infrastructure/



> This is something that takes generations to build, but can get lost, very quickly.

Sure, hence my assessment of 5 decades.




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