Unfortunately, our hardware and software have not changed in
   100,000 years. We're, to use the awful analogy, running on the
   same ancient computer system with the same memory capacities,
   with the same hardware limitations. Each new human starts from a
   cold reboot. Same system. No different. The changes in society
   and technology, thanks to having a decent historical record and
   NOT repeating past errors, has helped us a lot.

   But - there's no reason a man 50,000 years ago isn't capable of
   having the same dreams and ideas as me. The capacity was
   identical to my own