The Essence of Civilization
10th February 2018
The essence of civilization is Carriage and Storage.
Without Carriage and Storage, you got nothin’. You’re living from day to day, sometimes hour to hour, and your future is so uncertain that it might as well not exist.
If you gather more than you can eat right now, you need Storage, or you’re mostly wasting your time. Dork.
If you kill more than you can eat right now, you need Storage, or you’re mostly wasting resources. Shame on you.
If your Storage doesn’t readily convert into Carriage, then you are fixed in one place, and eventually something (or someone) will find you and kill you. And they will eat what you have stored, and you will feel like an idiot, or would if you were still around.
Think about it. What are buildings? Partly shelter, mostly storage. What are vehicles? Exclusively Carriage. What would we be without buildings and vehicles? Chimpanzees without the hair. Not a pleasant prospect.
There is a reason the women carry bags, and men have pockets.
Think about it.