Что делали древние люди, когда всю неделю лил дождь?

It's been raining for five days. No going out, no hunting, all tracks washed away—and ahead lies another week of hours with nothing to do. I explore what ancient people actually did during prolonged bad weather and why these empty, damp days are perhaps more important than any hunt: it was in the rain that people crafted, stored, told stories, taught children, and for the first time created something useless and beautiful. Inside: why rain shut down the entire day like a motor, but turned on the workshop; how bad weather taught people to store food and count ahead; where myths and oral culture were truly born; why forced confinement was the best school for children; and what we lost when we learned to plug every pause with a screen.