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<blockquote data-quote="Blobert" data-source="post: 959603" data-attributes="member: 6492">Extinct animal species. Most clearly in domestic animals, the biodiversity of cattle breeds now compared to a 100 years ago is huge. A lot of breeds bred for survivability and toughness in adverse conditions have simply died out since they can't compete in a mass farm environment where you just sit on your ass all day. Wild extinct species we've not had a direct hand in shaping, can count as a technological loss in a sense too - imagine your ancestor was a mammoth hunter and he ran out of mammoths, shit, he better come up with a new lifestyle. And he'll also forget what he knew about hunting mammoths, and how to treat one's corpse. When the shit hits the fan you might wish you had some Neanderthal pals to cover your back.But who knows, maybe we can bring back some dead species in the near future, and of course create new ones much more efficiently with gene editing... Like some ancient engineer who created the Cheetah to be an ultimate pet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blobert, post: 959603, member: 6492"] Extinct animal species. Most clearly in domestic animals, the biodiversity of cattle breeds now compared to a 100 years ago is huge. A lot of breeds bred for survivability and toughness in adverse conditions have simply died out since they can't compete in a mass farm environment where you just sit on your ass all day. Wild extinct species we've not had a direct hand in shaping, can count as a technological loss in a sense too - imagine your ancestor was a mammoth hunter and he ran out of mammoths, shit, he better come up with a new lifestyle. And he'll also forget what he knew about hunting mammoths, and how to treat one's corpse. When the shit hits the fan you might wish you had some Neanderthal pals to cover your back. But who knows, maybe we can bring back some dead species in the near future, and of course create new ones much more efficiently with gene editing... Like some ancient engineer who created the Cheetah to be an ultimate pet. [/QUOTE]

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