find it difficult to believe that economic or information-processing advantages were the primary drivers of the transition to large-scale societies. Archaic-style states of which we have direct knowledge, such as Hawaii, did not have complex economies or specialized decision-making procedures {to deal with what kinds of problems?}. The chiefs were involved with war and ritual; the economy worked well enough when left to the commoners. In any case, it's hard to imagine that
( Peter Turchin )
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