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> He is quick to add that the transition from foraging to “sedentary settlement patterns” some 10,000 years ago was a net win for humanity. Many scholars consi
by acdanger 8y ago
> He is quick to add that the transition from foraging to “sedentary settlement patterns” some 10,000 years ago was a net win for humanity.
Many scholars consider this transition humanity's biggest blunder.
See:
http://discovermagazine.com/1987/may/02-the-worst-mistake-in-the-history-of-the-human-race http://discovermagazine.com/1987/may/02-the-worst-mistake-in...
- theamk 8y agoPrevious discussion of this article, with many well-argued criticisms: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5001409 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5001409
- Technetium_Hat 8y agoThis reminds me of the opening to The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy: >Many were increasingly of the opinion that they'd all made a big mistake coming down from the trees in the first place, and some said that even the trees had been a bad move, and that no-one should ever have left the oceans.