The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (by Jared Diamond)

Re:The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (by Ja... by corentin on Thursday August 16, 2007 @03:56PM (#43176)

> Second, one of Diamond's premises in this essay seems to be that farming and its consequences are, directly or indirectly, the cause of the malaise in the world (over-crowding, wealth inequality, class structure, war etc).

And he's not wrong; because farming is progress, and progress brings good things as well as bad things. But, as we're an intelligent species, we recognize bad things (yes, it takes generations) and work around them.

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Re:The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (by Ja... by veritas on Thursday August 16, 2007 @04:00PM (#43180)

Again you're equating farming with progress. Can you say that if we hadn't adopted farming that wouldn't have made progress?

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Re:The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race (by Ja... by corentin on Thursday August 16, 2007 @04:03PM (#43184)

If we had stick with hunting/gathering, obviously it would not have been progress.

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