My college friend and I have a game: you take any problem that plagues you in today's modern life, from a zit on your butt to the state of women to the price of corn to why your boyfriend cheated on you, literally any problem, and try to trace it to Industrialization (bonus if you can get it to the advent of farming).
Example: my wrists hurt
I'm typing on a computer
the computer was thought of by extremely smart scientists
these scientists were able to design the computer because of mathematics
people had the leisure to think of math because they were free from having to hunt/gather because of specialization, that comes with the advent of agriculture (uber nerds, ignore theories that people work harder w/ agr than with hunt/gather)
OK, that was agriculture, not industrialization, but you get the point
It's a really dorky 6 degrees of separation, but try it!
I haven't decided if I'll leave it for votes or if I'll pick winner
I really hope I get a response
Thanks for playing!
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