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Primitive Cultures are Simple, while Civilization is Complex: Part 3
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<blockquote data-quote="Geek" data-source="post: 2170536" data-attributes="member: 246624"><p>I previously noted that to survive as a Westerner, you can get away with participating in a culture that asks of you little more than to understand the "one minute" button on the microwave, while to survive in a foraging society you needed much much more. Moreover, I suggested that the level of complexity in an individual's life was greater among HG (Hunter-Gatherer) societies than Western societies.</p><p></p><p> <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/05/primitive_cultures_are_simple_5.php" target="_blank">Read the rest of this post...</a> | <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/05/primitive_cultures_are_simple_5.php#commentsArea" target="_blank">Read the comments on this post...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/LYGMTb1GupU" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/LYGMTb1GupU/primitive_cultures_are_simple_5.php" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geek, post: 2170536, member: 246624"] I previously noted that to survive as a Westerner, you can get away with participating in a culture that asks of you little more than to understand the "one minute" button on the microwave, while to survive in a foraging society you needed much much more. Moreover, I suggested that the level of complexity in an individual's life was greater among HG (Hunter-Gatherer) societies than Western societies. [URL="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/05/primitive_cultures_are_simple_5.php"]Read the rest of this post...[/URL] | [URL="http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/05/primitive_cultures_are_simple_5.php#commentsArea"]Read the comments on this post...[/URL][IMG]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~4/LYGMTb1GupU[/IMG] [url=http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GregLadensBlog/~3/LYGMTb1GupU/primitive_cultures_are_simple_5.php]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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