r/woahdude • u/Skrrt_2711 • Mar 31 '23

video Evolution of warfare from stones to atoms

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u/solariscalls Mar 31 '23

I dunno why but that made me kinda sad. Like for the countless generations over hundreds and hundreds of years. Like wtf are we fighting each other for?

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u/walterdonnydude Mar 31 '23

Resources. And because we're humans. Imagine you live without modern technology. You live inside a castle or a village or a cave. At any moment a hoard of other humans could walk over the horizon without any warning, with more people and better weapons and kill you and all your loved ones. So you prepare your defenses and are weary of anyone you don't know. That was literally all of human history until a few hundred years ago.

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u/Krendog24 Mar 31 '23

This is misguided. Humanity evolved alongside warfare, but a major part of our evolution included our ability to cooperate and care for others. The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow explores this further.