The history of man is not one of a long, steady improvement in living standards.  In fact, there have been at least two devastating collapses of major civilizations where critical knowledge was lost ushering in a dark age. 

What happened and what can these periods tell us about today?

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12 Endangered Traits of Western Civilization https://youtu.be/B0a9NvuU3Ok​

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0:00​ intro 

0:01​ REI incident 

3:58​ Civilization collapse 

5;00​ start of civilization 

7:00​ stone age 

10:06​ Copper 

12:21​ Roman empire

16:30 complex society 

26:05​ loss of technology?

30:15 lost knowledge 

33:39​ todays production

38:30​ western values 

45:23​ not a coincidence 

49:33 learned helplessness

51:11 divide us via language