Not even anywhere near that long. There have been humans for probably more than 200,000 years. Probably more. It gets confusing when you go back that far. But our written history only accounts for maybe 10,000 of those years. So 5% of total human history, if we take the minimum estimate of what it takes for us to be human. We have no evidence to support the fact that human advancement even lasts as long as written history. I mean, shit... the Romans had central heating and cement, and then they died out and we forgot how to do those things for 1,000 years. Our knowledge, and the acquisition of same is not exactly linear. Lots of fits and starts over the course of the various human civilizations that have occurred.
bucho
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What happened 11,000 years ago? I mean, we've got some pottery fragments. Other than that, ???
Depends on your definition of "long-term". The biggest accomplishments of Man have been acknowledged for maybe 10,000 years at the very extreme limits. 10,000 years is not even a drop in the bucket of geological or celestial time. So it very much depends on your perspective.
Incredible.
MLA format would be something like this:
Maneuver, The Picard. The Delusion. Picard, 2023.
Then, in your paper, to reference it, just write "(Maneuver 2023)".
... Or you could just read a history book that wasn't written by a Mao fanboi.
To be fair, Anton Chigurh also flipped a coin to decide people's fate, and that dude was fucking terrifying. And he didn't even use a gun. Most of the time, anyway.
Gotta go with what works for you. But as a fellow cishet middle-aged white engineer, you could not pay me enough money for me to want to move to Texas. Or Florida. Or most of the middle of the country. If I were in your shoes, I'd be out as soon as I had the means to leave.
Spot on. 10/10. No notes.
... Ok, fair. 11,000 years was the wrong cut-off date. 12 - 13,000 years would have illustrated my point better.