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Or no other animal is smart enough to be able to produce an abundance of food for the scale of population that we can. And also no other animal has capitalism w
by cpp4life 7y ago
Or no other animal is smart enough to be able to produce an abundance of food for the scale of population that we can. And also no other animal has capitalism which motivates actors to make the food supply as addictive as possible.
- masklinn 7y ago> Or no other animal is smart enough to be able to produce an abundance of food It's not just the abundance of food, it's the sustained abundance. Many species follow a feast / famine cycle which puts pressure on stocking up as fast as possible during feast in order to survive the inevitable famine. This is the evolved instinctual mechanism which gets shot to piece by the "endless feast" available to many individuals in advanced economies (or wealthy enough individuals in pre-industrial economies), even more so combined with the physical "leisure" (limited requirements of extensive physical activity in day to day life).
- humanrebar 7y agoMost of the other animals get eaten when they stop being athletic. But some seem fine with layers of blubber. It's a feature, not a bug sometimes.