Yes, very true, and I like calling it a regime change. As I was researching stone tools, I came across several mentions about mankind’s increasing cognitive capacity and how crucial it was to advance the technology. Once the evolutionary brain-size foundation was set, the jet fuel that powered the next few thousand years of technological advancement was almost entirely capital accumulation and societal technology.
Yes, very true, and I like calling it a regime change. As I was researching stone tools, I came across several mentions about mankind’s increasing cognitive capacity and how crucial it was to advance the technology. Once the evolutionary brain-size foundation was set, the jet fuel that powered the next few thousand years of technological advancement was almost entirely capital accumulation and societal technology.