The enlightenment was a caffeine fever dream. People needed clean water. They woke up from their alcohol stupor to a coffee frenzy. Both methods of cleaning water. Coffee drinkers saw the beer drinkers and thought themselves far superior and that they could do without the useless cruft. A shift to meritocracy. Then we figured out the value of potable water and beer no longer was a necessity.
The enlightenment was a caffeine fever dream. People needed clean water. They woke up from their alcohol stupor to a coffee frenzy. Both methods of cleaning water. Coffee drinkers saw the beer drinkers and thought themselves far superior and that they could do without the useless cruft. A shift to meritocracy. Then we figured out the value of potable water and beer no longer was a necessity.