Quiet innovations
<p>More than just a source of warmth and light, fire enabled all the modern technology, built the community, and activated our imagination.</p>
<p>To produce anything we use today, we need high temperatures: a subway, a computer, an AI. <a href="https://bigthink.com/13-8/oxygen-bottleneck/?utm_campaign=weeklynewsletter&utm_source=rejoiner&utm_medium=email&utm_content=01%2F18%2F24+Smarter+Faster&rjnrid=18XrYJa" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Arguably, there can be no intelligent civilization without fire.</a> Hard to disagree when our current definition of intelligence is a metal box mimicking human capabilities.</p>
<p>Aside from practical application, fire also built communities. It brought us together, allowing us to share stories, values, and knowledge. Which in return, spurred language which fostered collaboration.</p>
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