Flynn has written of the inter-generational increase in human ability to process abstractions in advanced nations since the 19th century. This increase is sometimes linked to advances in mass literacy. Other processes may have had related effects in different centuries.
The abstract (geometrical) forms of human habitations seem like a plausible proxy for the dispersion of one form of abstraction across large populations.
Dear Brett, could you detail us the question (in another angle or in any elaborate way, please !!!), particularly for my understanding please ? It seems to be interesting, I am getting flavor.
I get your point, Shobhon. Let me try to clarify.
At a certain stage in the transition from living in nature to deep immersion in an urban environment, our cognitive processing of geometric form must become separate from specific cases (such as a rectangular room with right angles) and start engaging in freer generalization. Kelly S. Mix observes that urban American children can apprehend with greater than random accuracy which of two 4-digit numbers is larger as early as the age of 3. Where does this knowledge come from? And would it be replicable in a typical oral village (my bet is that it wouldn't)?
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/mega-city-dhaka-jeffreys-thoughts-its-sustainable-m-hasan-shobhon/ Brett Matthews
I am just trying to review literature. Could you reach the above link, had made transcript from a video lecture by Jeffrey Sachs, Columbia University and blogged with 2-3 pictures of Dhaka city in different time periods (photo source: internet and own both).
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