True, we are all humans (please let me make at least this generalisation!), and not Ents or Entwives. They seem to have not only had no desire for technology, but also no need for it. They didn't even need clothes!
Thanks to all, it's been interesting to see people post their own personal views, especially when they also point out if they are male or female to test the theory! I'd have to say that human history could have done with a few more Ents than Entwives. I'm pretty sure I know which category Tolkien placed himself in (maybe the reason why Entwives are portrayed less favourably, or why he had them destroyed!).
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When nature runs it's course, there seems to be lots of poison ivy, thistles, pig weed, brambles!
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Only in the case of regrowth. If you look at a piece of land that has always been native (easy for me to say, I live in Aotearoa/New Zealand), pests like these (as well as gorse and broom, here at least) are either under control or non-existent. Regrowth can't achieve in a few years a complexity that has taken more than hundreds to develop, without an Ent or two to help out with replanting.