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Tues sept 4th warfare in primitive societies. Primeval human state = ignorant, brutal, miserable, violent. Thomas hobbes embraced strongly by other philosophers during life then was solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short . We do not need to be in a constant state of warfare. Myth #2 the myth of natural man. Jean jacques rousseau believed organized state is responsible for warfare. Purpose of technology is not always for warfare. Humans have turned everything into being warfare-related. Theme 1: warfare affects social + technological change. Warfare is a means of transferring technology. (ex. secret weapon is only secret until it is used; then it becomes common) Technologies flowed largely from china (ex. gunpowder) More advanced civilization than north american indigenous population. Widespread intermarriage b/w indigenous and colonists sharing of goods flow in both directions. North america lots of killing colonists did not cooperate with native americans. Not same survival of indigenous population as in south america.