The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race [pdf]

Posted by louis8799 on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:00PM
from the web.cs.ucdavis.edu dept.

https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/classes/188/materials/Diamond-TheWorstMistakeInTheHistoryOfTheHumanRace.pdf

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Re:The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race [pdf] by gnat on Thursday January 16, 2020 @12:23AM (#22061896)

Evidence-based dive into the idea that agriculture wasn't necessarily good for the people who adopted it -- worked more for fewer and less-diverse calories, and there are signs their health suffered for it.

I first encountered this argument in Sapiens. Interesting that Jared Diamond made it.

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Re:The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race [pdf] by eucryphia on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @09:21PM (#22061122)

Just more Jared Diamond

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