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A comment on The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (1987).

Re:The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (1987) by unchocked on Monday August 17, 2015 @10:52PM (#10077362)
I'm pretty sure that most of the 7.3 billion of us wouldn't be alive without agriculture. So if agriculture was a mistake, does that mean most of us shouldn't be alive?
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Re:The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (1987) by agumonkey on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @11:27AM (#10079684)
Isn't it a bit off point ? The article implies distribution of quality of life, not population count. 1 mostly happy billion versus 7.23b struggling and 0.07b accumulating wealth (if I subscribe to the 1% thing), which one do you prefer ?
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Re:The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (1987) by x3n0ph3n3 on Monday August 17, 2015 @10:54PM (#10077364)
Some people believe that but wouldn't try to argue it with you.
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