> What made human males finally abandon that zero-sum game and develop more complex societies?
I think it's magical mushrooms and religions.
- With religions in the west comes a systematic approach of dissecting things (e.g. from the beginning of natural philosophy to Isaac Newton and so on)
- With religions in the east comes more intense forms of poetry and arts (e.g. I always consider the Chinese language to be more "psychedelic" than English)
The human history has always been about psychedelics.
I think it's magical mushrooms and religions.
- With religions in the west comes a systematic approach of dissecting things (e.g. from the beginning of natural philosophy to Isaac Newton and so on)
- With religions in the east comes more intense forms of poetry and arts (e.g. I always consider the Chinese language to be more "psychedelic" than English)
The human history has always been about psychedelics.
Related:
[1] Soma siddhas and alchemical enlightenment: psychedelic mushrooms in Buddhist tradition https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8583800/
[2] The Sacred Mushroom and The Cross: A study of the nature and origins of Christianity within the fertility cults of the ancient Near East https://www.amazon.sg/Sacred-Mushroom-Cross-Christianity-fer...