Thought provoking idea after quick trip

[jim2015]

After a quick trip I was left wondering how in the world did we advance so fast and so much. If you think about it.. nothing has really changed regarding earth raw materials (metal, stone, plastic, wood etc.) the only thing thats changed ITS US and how we form and shape these raw materials into more usable goods. This information load hit me so hard on how we shaped and used our planet's gifts.

Homes = made of wood and bricks
Cars = Steel
Electronics = Plastics and Other Petroleum-Based Materials

The list goes on and on but at the core everything is made from the same materials that have also existed in the pre-historic times of the ancient civilization.

If you were to show the things we have today (smartphones, cars, buildings, food markets etc..) to these ancients or even trying to explain it to them ...they would consider that person an alien or mentally sick. Funny how that sounds in today's day and age. Today you can sit on a toilet and watch live TV... while back in the day all you had was a cave and leafs.

What I find fascinating is given the non-linear concept of time how we went from that man you see on the left of the picture to what we are today. Same earth, same sun same everything but different perception and skills.

Im just still puzzled by this idea but maybe its just me.

 

[TheCaterpillar]

That is a tribe that is completely isolated they get to see all the cool things check it out .

 

[Swarupa]

It is pretty amazing, in my eyes it seems to be an evolution of communication/connectivity which when i consider it, seems to be part of a deeper spiritual evolution (so to speak)

It's incredible really, it does seemed to have snowballed, i remember having no internet or psychedelics, now i have Psilocybin Mushrooms, LSD, DMT... and know other human beings interested in these things all due to the help of the internet

Of course it can go either way, we can either be more connected or less connected due to technology, it's up to us, how we make use of these powerful tools...

 

[3rdI]

That is a tribe that is completely isolated they get to see all the cool things check it out .

PNG Tribe Meets White Man Video a Fake. Or Is It?

Scouring for information on this has taken me in circles.

matadornetwork.com

 

[DansMaTete]

Oh, 3rdI's been faster than me.

 

[jim2015]

I mean when you think about it communication is even more fascinating. Today you just type in your keyboard and people from the other side of the world receive your message instantly.

Imagine back in the they had a send a messenger riding a horse, letters in a bottle or pigeon messengers. All these forms of communications were either unreliable or just took too damn long. Again keep in mind that nothing has really changed other than humans making intelligent use of earthly resources.

 

[Swarupa]

I once read that a few breakthroughs in communication like the first circumnavigation of the globe, the first international postal services, the first trans Altantic telephone hook up, and the first international scientific collaboration all coincided with Venus transits, i'm not sure how true it really is but if there's anything to it that's pretty cool

I like that you point out that all that has changed is us, how we're suddenly making advances in use of what was already here all along, all by just changing our minds

 

[3rdI]

we changed our entire way of life, the difference between what is achievable for a agriculturist compared to a hunter gatherer is massive.

or, as some believe

 

[obliguhl]

If you were to show the things we have today (smartphones, cars, buildings, food markets etc..) to these ancients or even trying to explain it to them ...they would consider that person an alien or mentally sick.

How do you know?

I also do not quite understand this thread. How did we get there? Well, technology...
If you want to know why we developed technology, the most prevalent explanation is that it happend with the dawn of agriculture. Either because of a necessity to feed many ..or maybe it just..well, developed because people found out that it would make mass feeding possible...and with it came stratification...allowing people do to various things instead of tending their gardens all day long...

 

[Seagull]

The more "things' we know, the more new stuff we can create.
So every new idea/technology , can in turn be used for new creations of ideas/technology.

Just my thoughts :d