BBM cosplay cat emojis portend a grim future of Western civilization

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http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5zgOSeNjbKHes88ZAZhP3g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/bbm-cat-emoji.png (http://news.yahoo.com/bbm-cosplay-cat-emojis-portend-grim-future-western-172043495.html)The zenith of Western civilization right now, this week, is a designer of cosplay cat emojis for the BlackBerry Messenger application. Is this reason for alarm or jubilation? How did we get here and were are we heading? Let’s break it down. 8000 BC – Wet conditions in the Middle East after-the end of the last Ice Age led to spread of cereal grains in the Mesopotamian valley. With the invention of agriculture, the first truly specialized profession was born: The farmer. 4000 BC – Mesopotamia is on a hot streak. A couple of millennia of agriculture led to the development of increasingly sophisticated urban societies. This required written languages to maintain records of inventories. Earliest examples were from Uruk.



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