The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race I found to be a very interesting take on where our society had gone wrong at a crossroads. The author makes good points about nutrition and how agriculture set us back and it does make me wonder what life now would be like if agriculture never became prevalent. However I see agriculture as an investment for people. Sacrificing nutrition for a few thousand years before agriculture became so abundant, then allowed for later people to have an abundance of food to eat which increased the average height. Agriculture also allowed for the idea of trade. Having a surplus of goods that could be traded for other goods paved the path for expansion of people and cultures. I also thing agriculture fueled innovation of technology.
I did however find, The plow and the now, to be a bit of a stretch with its claim that the invention of the plow made people and men stronger and better. Perhaps it lead the way for men to be the primary worker, but to go as far to say that that the use of a plow in a family made it less likely to work outside the home, is a stretch.
I did however find, The plow and the now, to be a bit of a stretch with its claim that the invention of the plow made people and men stronger and better. Perhaps it lead the way for men to be the primary worker, but to go as far to say that that the use of a plow in a family made it less likely to work outside the home, is a stretch.
Your post raises an interesting question. If the theory of patriarchy arising from the birth of ag: how did patriarchal societies develop?
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