Elon Musk: “Civilization as measured by the first writing is only about…”

“If we believe the archaeological record and the standard model of physics, Earth is about four and a half billion years old. Civilization as measured by the first writing is only about 5000 years old. So archaic pre cuneiform in roughly 5500 years ago was the first writing. I think that's a good date for the start of civilization.” (04:44–04:50)

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