I strongly believe that many of the weird societal values and low quality cultural behaviour present on the African continent, stem from Africa's historical lack of difficulty.
If Africa had European/American climate or Australian wildlife, our behaviour would be VERY different.
If Africa had European/American climate or Australian wildlife, our behaviour would be VERY different.
Our equatorial climate allowed for subsistence agriculture all year round, plus vast biodiversity and huge savannas made feeding yourself a slam dunk.
Unlike places where the ground freezes solid for 6 months a year, there was no need to plan ahead significantly or innovate.
Unlike places where the ground freezes solid for 6 months a year, there was no need to plan ahead significantly or innovate.
Due to this relative ease of survival, behaviour that is detrimental to the group wasnt punished to the same extent as elsewhere.
Elsewhere, natural selection would rapidly delete you if your group couldn't work together. Here, you'd stroll a few km away and start a new village.
Elsewhere, natural selection would rapidly delete you if your group couldn't work together. Here, you'd stroll a few km away and start a new village.
The lack of difficulty IMO, created a deadly "abundance" mindset, where we did not learn to appreciate scarcity and the need to innovate or understand economic value.
Hence why we spent 3 centuries cheerfully handing over 50 humans for an umbrella.
Zero grasp of economic value
Hence why we spent 3 centuries cheerfully handing over 50 humans for an umbrella.
Zero grasp of economic value
I don't think it's a coincidence that the most complex societies in ancient Africa existed in or around the inhospitable Sahara desert.
Adversity forces humans to think, innovate and create. Why would a fisherman in Ouiddah ever need to innovate?
Adversity forces humans to think, innovate and create. Why would a fisherman in Ouiddah ever need to innovate?
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