??? Mankind changed from nomadic life to settled life about 12,000 years ago. What other kind of life was there? And why was it a myth? Yes, they did have small settlements, but they were hunter gatherers.

You make a hell of a lot of assumptions about what even been on Medium long enough to have any grasp of what I think and believe.

You also happen to be dead wrong.

I write for the intelligent and the educated. I do not write to change anyone's mind or to influence anyone. That would be pointless. I also write to earn an income. I've been published since about 1962.

And who are these 5% independent thinkers who you are talking about? And what truth is that?