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> I suppose it is telling that this was the better alternative. Presumably you mean "better for the individual", but I don't believe this is an assumption we
by Infernal 7y ago
> I suppose it is telling that this was the better alternative.
Presumably you mean "better for the individual", but I don't believe this is an assumption we can make. It seems clear that agriculture was better in a competitive sense than other ways of life at the time, though likely worse for many of the individuals involved.
- ska 7y agoThat was sloppy, sorry. I should have added "perceived" as there, or scare quotes on 'better'; I meant it in the sense that this was the path that was collectively chosen, i.e. the one that "won".
- whiddershins 7y agoActually I think it was clearly better at the group survival/displacement of other groups level. There’s no evidence it was necessarily better for any particular insividual’s quality of life.