Well, I can't anymore, but, I might have instead said something about how religion is commonly maligned for such practices. This is only to show that modern investment practices bear strong elements of ritualistic faith. Your response is most welcome. Thank you.

> This is only to show that modern investment practices bear strong elements of ritualistic faith.

Conversely, ritualistic faith has a long history of financial investing, evidenced by its tendency to procure very high value real estate for itself with the funds of it's adherents.

Also, the cathedrals of Europe are glistening with the golden dividends that accrued from religious investment in the conquest of the Americas.

Further, it seems religion may have developed as a part of the need to keep track of resources in ancient Sumeria. My impression is that the studies said something along the lines of by establishing a priest class wich survives on tithes but also function as clerks/scribes that society enters a new new level of economic development.

further casual broad-brush explanations of religion then, gotcha

I strongly disagree with your summary. In studying the evolutionary origins of religion the development of language, in particular writing, which moves religion away from oral tradition, is a key component. Did I articulate this well? No. The science remains well reviewed on this topic though, (that writing was first used for business transaction accounting, and later for ritual purposes).