“集体知识”是大历史的关键概念之一,为的是人类历史能够长久持续。它是人类确保每一代人所创造超过下一代人所丢失的能力。本文探讨了集体知识的基本理论,集体知识在旧石器时代的起源、在农业时代的强化,集体知识在塔斯马尼亚效应中的丧失以及集体知识在过去2000年中的两次飞跃,并简要解释了集体知识如何适应宇宙中出现的愈加广泛的复杂性。 “Collective knowledge ” is one of the key concepts in the history of large, in order that the human history can last long. It is the ability of mankind to ensure that each generation creates more than the next generation has lost. This article explores the basic theory of collective knowledge, the origin of collective knowledge in Paleolithic times, the agrarian age, the loss of collective knowledge in the Tasmanian effect, and the two leaps in collective knowledge over the past 2,000 years It briefly explains how collective knowledge adapts to the broader complexities that arise in the universe.