The Buckets by Greg Cravens for February 11, 2017

It all depends on whose environment you’re in at the time. If you are all in the present time, then the cavemen are stupid. If you’re all in prehistoric time, then you boys are stupid.

Always fascinated by History

Amazing the monumental works humans achieved in the days before we became so distracted by technology

Last line is the first smart thing from either of them.

Perhaps not stupid, but without a doubt the most ignorant people to have ever lived, in terms of how many current technologies of which you have a working knowledge. The “cave man” had at least a working knowledge of all his people’s tools and how to make them. You can’t make a pencil.

“We” have outsourced so much of that “how to make things” that given a major disruption… “we” are all in big trouble.

Megonow and Alberta Oil are correct. Stupid isn’t the right word here, ignorant is. If there were a major disruption, how many people would know how to obtain the basics – like food or shelter? In my suburban neighborhood, we might make it through a warm season by growing things, and harvesting the squirrels, but winter would be a real challenge.

Apparently all teenagers are stupid but I disagree.

There are some remarkable young people out there.

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My ancient history teacher told us a story once, to demontrate that ancient man was smarter and more sophisticated than most people knew, he’d make an open challenge to the class for anyone to make a clovis flint point. One semester he made the challenge and to his surprise one girl raised her hand and said, “I can do that.” He looked at her for a second and then just kind of shook his head and said, “You’re a flint napper, aren’t you?” She nodded, and that was the last time he made that open challenge to the class.