alt Hacker News> civilized man, who refused to adapt to his surroundings now finds he has to adapt and re-adapt every hour of the day to his self-created environment
This feeling is exactly what I've experienced. Like we can never sit down without the walls changing around you. I always have to be on my toes. Another key human distinction is being able to think into the future, where we sometimes get stuck.
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umeshunni • today at 12:32 AM
This has probably been true only in the last 300? 500? years. Before that, things were the same for 1000+ years for most of civilization, barring any large invasions from neighboring kingdoms, or some far away empire (mongols etc).
> This feeling is exactly what I've experienced. Like we can never sit down without the walls changing around you. I always have to be on my toes.
That is basically how all animals live, either under threat from competitors or predators.