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0 pointsmantas2y ago0 comments

If humans use electricity, is it by nature? Is doom scrolling by nature? Or just abusing our instincts?

Same applies to urban living.

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Human nature? Of freaking course! Using tools, seeking amusement? Yes, it's human nature.

Banding together to improve our chances of survival? Yeah. In the past it was a few dozen, now it's a few hundred thousand. I don't understand this notion that living in the woods or something is human nature. Working together to grow beyond that is human nature.

mantasOP2y ago

It’s not living solo in the woods vs multi million megapolies. IMO Dunbar number gives a rough idea what may be the sweet number for a community size.

And you don’t need to live in a single city. Banding together includes communities sticking together.

Birth rates in cities suggest there may be issues with dense cities too. Mouse paradise experiments and all that jazz.

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