Ehhh, it’s more about the number of surviving records.
It’s dark to us relative to how long ago it was. We still know much more about it than ancient history.
But one thing that definitely did happen during the dark ages and lasted until the renaissance is looking back at the past and feeling a fall from grace.
Shit we already feel than comparing today to 1999 (when civilization peaked according to The Matrix).
Yes but lions have other concerns.
On this line of thinking, one benefit that lions and most animals have is being able to react naturally.
The shit that makes us anxious (for example) should be mitigated by acting anxious (taking less risk and avoiding a bad situation). But in modern life, it makes it worse :(