mo energy, mo problems

on anxiety and abundance

How many miles have we traveled?

They say there have been about a hundred and seventeen billion humans. That’s the total number - 117 billion.

People? A hundred thousand years ago

Farming? Twelve thousand years ago.

‘Civilization’? Six thousand years ago.

Mechanical transportation? Two hundred and fifty years ago.

Social networks, emergence of AI? ten years ago.

We are covering more ground more quickly

We are constantly speeding up.

Early peoples, how far would they move?

My guess? They were not taking flights half way around the world and back again for business or pleasure. Sure, there was migration for so many reasons. And, once a person traveled that far, it’s not likely that they were on a ‘round trip.

How far did you move from where you were born?

Humans have always migrated. They’ve never moved like this though. It takes a lot of energy go move this much.

Whether it’s food, electricity or the miracle of petroleum powered machines, we have access to more calories, more energy than every …