I wonder if we as humans are too far removed from our natural state. Our natural state being small bands of mobile hunter gatherers. Life has got easier and the suicide and depression rates have soared.

Theres no doubt that our bodies havent caught up with this evolution in lifestyle - for instance we still really like sweet foods, which stems to our hunter gatherer lifestyle where we needed as many berries and fruit in the summer as we could possibly get. That helped us 7,000+ years ago, now its killing us, literally. So who is to say our mind, not our brain, our mind hasnt caught up either.

You know, we work best in small teams where we depend on each other - look how the army works, look what happens in times of war. Soldiers group together through a campaign and help each other.

We have endorphomines released in our brains when we contribute to a team. W e rely on each other, and we need each other. And in times and societies where that existed/exists, depression and suicide are virtually non-existent.

Post edited at 5:53 am on Nov. 13, 2008 by ElephantStone

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Punctured bicycle on a hillside, desolate,
Could nature make a man of me yet?

Sometimes I wonder of going back to our "primitive" state. Or whatever you wish to refer to it as.

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From a distance you look like my friend,

even though we are at war.

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That makes a hell of a lot of sense, actually.

Sometimes I wonder of going back to our "primitive" state. Or whatever you wish to refer to it as.

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In my anthropology lectures, youd be murdered for calling previous times 'primitive'.

That word, in relation to humans, is out since the 1960's. Its not used anymore.

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Punctured bicycle on a hillside, desolate,
Could nature make a man of me yet?

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In my anthropology lectures, youd be murdered for calling previous times 'primitive'.

That word, in relation to humans, is out since the 1960's. Its not used anymore.

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Which is why I shoved it in quotation marks.

I don't think when I'm at work What are they meant to be referred to as, then?

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From a distance you look like my friend,

even though we are at war.

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Quote: from ElephantStone at 1:52 pm on Nov. 13, 2008

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In my anthropology lectures, youd be murdered for calling previous times 'primitive'.  

 That word, in relation to humans, is out since the 1960's. Its not used anymore.

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Which is why I shoved it in quotation marks.

I don't think when I'm at work What are they meant to be referred to as, then?

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Theyre just different. Theyre no less intelligent than us, and no less sophisticated.

Theres no set word im aware of to describe them.

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Punctured bicycle on a hillside, desolate,
Could nature make a man of me yet?

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Theyre just different. Theyre no less intelligent than us, and no less sophisticated.

Theres no set word im aware of to describe them.

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Ah, I see. Just "way back when"? haha. I would never have thought they're less intelligent. We've just changed our adaptation to the environment and added things such as technology.

I'd like to take current techonological factors out of my life and see if I COULD live. They should do that next, for a reality TV show. haha. But then it'd turn into BB =[

But I'd like to try living without all of this, personally I think I'd find it harder cope.

And I still worker better with a couple of people than lots of people. Either work environment or social environment.

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From a distance you look like my friend,

even though we are at war.

I think the world would be better off if land were divided by ownership, not into states and countries, but into tribal-like communities that are self sufficient. This would eliminate many of the energy-wasting infrastructures that we currently depend on to maintain status quo............ gotta go to class

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Spicy Pidgeon

Those who do live an isolated life (maybe because they isolate themselves or others isolate them from society) that is when depression starts to kick in. The feeling of loneliness is one of the most dreaded human emotions, and this emotion can lead to death.

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