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More complex technology doe snto mean more complex sexual relation, world view or kinship structure.

More complex technology and economy means just that, more complex technology...and, as you say and I now steal, less complex does not mean less mature. Sometimes more complex means less robust...

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 12:18:25 PM EST
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kcurie:
Sometimes more complex means less robust...
Always, always...

En un viejo país ineficiente, algo así como España entre dos guerras civiles, poseer una casa y poca hacienda y memoria ninguna. -- Gil de Biedma
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 12:20:36 PM EST
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I know a couple of exceptions :)

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I therefore claim to show, not how men think in myths, but how myths operate in men's minds without their being aware of the fact. Levi-Strauss, Claude

by kcurie on Wed Nov 4th, 2009 at 01:43:30 PM EST
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