>>10316490Perhaps we became more advanced because we had more competition among ourselves, with less resources to share, we literally fought with each other to see who could conquer the world.
You think dense as fuck rain forest is no issue? You think vast plains full of dangerous animals are no issue? You think land that can't be farmed because it only rains a few times a year is no issue? You think developing a different philosophy to regard the world with is not going to change how you interact with the world?
Also, if you don't need to advance technology because you're the king of the hill because of your current technology/military prowess, you won't advance technology. It's like asking: why aren't we evolving into telepathic creatures, it makes so much sense, no? Or, why aren't we just making the tech right now to colonize Mars?
There needs to be an incentive and in Europe the fierce competition in a relative small area is enough to drive that.
Africa is literally 3 times as large, with Subsaharan Africa making 80% of that area.
This is still over twice as much of the entire land mass Europe possesses.
And not only did we fought among ourselves, we had continuous battles with the Ottoman Empire and the Moors, which kept us on our toes (not that Africa didn't suffer from Islamic invasions).
Anyway, there are WAY more factors to consider the development of a nation, let alone an entire demographic or continent and frankly, neither you nor myself have the knowledge (socio-economic, historical, anthropological) to say anything relevant about it. You just choose the literally pick ONE factor contributing to everything, while I try to explain to you which other reasons could be a factor in why Africa was not only able to be colonized, but also stayed underdeveloped for so long after that.
I don't think you realize what an entire revamp and suppression of your infrastructural and spiritual system can do.
