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General Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: Matt Emery on August 22, 2007, 06:27:34 AM

Title: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
Post by: Matt Emery on August 22, 2007, 06:27:34 AM

Jared Diamond, an American evolutionary biologist, physiologist, bio-geographer and non-fiction author, wrote a remarkable piece for Discover Magazine, in May 1987.

It is about; how agriculture set the stage for class division, and is responsible for many of the modern health problems.  Jared Diamond was an influence for me when I was seeking answers about modern lifestyle problems, and indeed, he's a man who has inspired me to make this website.

From the article:
"...recent discoveries suggest that the adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered. With agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality, the disease and despotism, that curse our existence."

This is a must-read - so do yourself a favour and read it here:
http://www.environnement.ens.fr/perso/claessen/agriculture/mistake_jared_diamond.pdfl (http://www.environnement.ens.fr/perso/claessen/agriculture/mistake_jared_diamond.pdf)

 :)

Title: Re: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
Post by: Tony Bondioli on November 26, 2008, 07:56:22 PM

Excellent article, Matt!  (Sorry for replying to such an old post, but I thought it deserved "resurrection!")  Anyway, the link you posted above is no longer valid, but I was able to find the article in .pdf format here:

http://www.environnement.ens.fr/perso/claessen/agriculture/mistake_jared_diamond.pdf

Title: Re: The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
Post by: Matt Emery on December 18, 2008, 02:28:28 PM

Thanks Tony!

I edited my post accordingly.