You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss

Re:You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss by musesum on Sunday June 21, 2015 @11:12AM (#9753700)

Animal analogy is interesting. Any animals that cultivate crops? Are there any Human hunter/gatherer societies that scaled?

Here's a snippet of dialog from one of my favorite movies:

Jeremiah Johnson: You wouldn't happen to know what month of the year it is?

Bear Claw: Why no, I truly wouldn't. I'm sorry, pilgrim. Winter's a long time going?

Jeremiah Johnson: [exhausted] Ah.

Bear Claw: Stays long this high.

Jeremiah Johnson: March. Maybe, April.

Bear Claw: March maybe. I don't believe April. [rising to depart] March is a green muddy month down below, some folks like it, FARMERS mostly.

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Recently, a company that I worked at was acquired. Felt like like farming. So, I bailed; hunting for something new.

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Re:You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss by joshuapants on Sunday June 21, 2015 @12:38PM (#9753998)

> Are there any Human hunter/gatherer societies that scaled?

I'm not aware of any, and I think that it would be impossible. You can't really achieve a lot of density with hunting and gathering because before long you've hunted and gathered everything around you at a rate beyond which those natural resources can regenerate. Thence cometh agriculture.

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Re:You Weren't Meant to Have a Boss by jacquesm on Sunday June 21, 2015 @01:23PM (#9754163)

> Any animals that cultivate crops?

Yes. Some species of Ant domesticate fungii, there are crabs that cultivate bacteria and there are fish that farm Algae (damselfish).

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