I quite like the inhospitable areas up north but they required the invention of a kind of tech in the form of warm clothing and housing. At the current rate of progress we'll have well insulated houses in England quite soon. Re:

>this weird society where ... we spend inordinate amounts of time ... shit posting

human life is a strange business that has come about as a fleeting side effect of eons of DNA reproduction. I think things could maybe be improved there.