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Becoming Neolithic in words, thoughts and deeds
By: guest78 Date: June 11, 2022, 4:18 pm
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Becoming Neolithic in words, thoughts and deeds
[quote]Abstract
How did people come to ‘think Neolithic’? While there has been
considerable progress in reconstructing the environmental,
economic, technological and social changes associated with the
transition from mobile hunter-gathering to sedentary farming and
herding communities, we remain limited in our understanding of
how Neolithic culture in its most profound sense arose. I
suggest that the formation of new words required for that new
lifestyle was as much a driver as a consequence of the Neolithic
transition, illustrating this with a sample of Neolithic
innovations from the southern Levant that appears likely to have
required new words. Such words, I argue, helped to establish new
concepts in the mind, shaped thought, influenced perception and
ultimately the human deeds in the world that left an
archaeological trace.[/quote]
[quote]Introduction
I wish to draw attention to the wordsmiths of the Neolithic
transition: those people within the Epi-Palaeolithic and early
Neolithic communities who invented the words required for the
new sedentary and farming way of life that was consolidated
around 10,000 years ago. Such word invention might have been
deliberate or accidental, made by children playing or by figures
of authority. We simply do not know. But my proposition is that
such words not merely aided communication but enabled new
concepts to become established in the mind, which then shaped
thought and influenced the manner in which the world was
perceived. As such, they were as much a driver as a consequence
of cultural change from the Palaeolithic into the Neolithic, and
beyond.[/quote]
Entire article:
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Is it a mere coincidence then as humanity struggles with growing
tribalism in modernity human-beings have become increasingly bad
listeners?
Examples:
You’re a Bad Listener: Here’s How to Remember What People Say
[quote]We come into conversations with our own agendas and low
attention spans, but if you want to build better relationships
you need to master active listening.[/quote]
HTML https://getpocket.com/explore/item/you-re-a-bad-listener-here-s-how-to-remember-what-people-say?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Is it surprising that Westerners are bad listeners considering
the "white" tribalism they spread around the world via Western
colonialism?
Listening Is Critical in Today’s Multicultural Workplace
HTML https://hbr.org/2011/03/shhh-listening-is-critical-in
Is it coincidence that as America has become increasingly
Western via the U.S.A. that Americans have become terrible
listeners as well?
From Talk Shows to Offices, America Lacks Good Listeners
[quote]America has become a nation of blabbermouths. Too bad
nobody's listening. [/quote]
HTML https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB868485047507123500
Words, thoughts, and deeds:
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