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Turchin has made the point elsewhere that agriculture is important because food production is a fundamental constraint on population growth. But it's warfare th
by squozzer 10y ago
Turchin has made the point elsewhere that agriculture is important because food production is a fundamental constraint on population growth. But it's warfare that provided the impetus for scaling societies past the tribal level.
- clock_tower 10y agoBut tribes fight better than civilizations (less concern for social status, less internal dissention; read War Before Civilization for an interesting discussion of this) -- so over-civilization is self-correcting in a way. Turchin sees his ideas as an elaboration on ibn Khaldun...