Just two of the things I wondered about myself. Presumably, in-nature trading could work without counting (quantification): "You take this X for that Y?" X/Y c

Just two of the things I wondered about myself. Presumably, in-nature trading could work without counting (quantification): "You take this X for that Y?" X/Y could also be "pile of X/Y". I don't know if that's the case there. About the children being sent away... even more intriguing is "How?". He said that coercion was almost nonexistent. But you're right, it is a long read and has a lot of interesting things in it. In that respect, probably anybody can find something(s) intellectually gratifying, to paraphrase a famous man. I found the first half more interesting than the second for example.