The First and Last True Genius
What if peak tech happened when our ancestors figured out how to chase herds of deer into narrowing pens for easy culling? What if it's all been downhill ever since?
What if innovation reached its zenith when, many thousands of years ago, woodland tribes coordinated to build trout hatcheries up and down every stream in their watershed, universalizing a labor-neutral, year-round protein source for all?
What if the crowning achievement of man’s intellect happened when the first one figured out that they could just scare a mammoth off a cliff and feed an entire tribe for a year?
Perhaps he was the first and last true genius.