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From the Vault: The Invention of the Lock & Key

Stuff To Blow Your Mind

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The Big God's Hypothesis

One study found that there was a chronological historical correlation between big, moralizing gods being the dominant religions and increases in social complexity. It seems like an almost perfect kind of mental or spiritual complement to the technological innovation of locking mechanisms. Locks could be one part of that. Ye. No, thithat makeshat makes perfect sense, you know. And you you see it reflected in the designs sometimes on locks, an sn in the creation of walls and other security structures.

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