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Complex societies are able to do incredible things. By having an interconnected civilization, with people from all over the place contributing to it, people are able to specialize… and that specialization allows for entire classes of people who can do things that would be impossible if they had to meet their own basic needs all by themselves.
Scientists, engineers, artists, and even us podcasters… we are all possibly thanks to living in a complex society.