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> Imagine if food were as cheap and plentiful as air. It was. There was a time you could just walk out and pick it off trees. Food didn't change. We did. Pro
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
> Imagine if food were as cheap and plentiful as air.
It was. There was a time you could just walk out and pick it off
trees.
Food didn't change. We did.
Progress is not a scalar. It's a vector. You must always ask:
Progress towards what?
- pdonis 4y ago> There was a time you could just walk out and pick it off trees. For some, yes. Others you had to hunt or catch. > Food didn't change. We did. If you mean the human population grew to a point where simple hunting and gathering could not support it, and then food changed after that, that's getting things backwards. Our ancestors invented farming, i.e., a new way of producing food, and then the population grew larger than hunting and gathering could support. So food changed first. Then we changed. > You must always ask: Progress towards what? Yes, agreed. Not everyone would consider our ancestors' invention of farming to be progress, for example.
- scollet 4y agoHow about we progress away from blatant human rights violations and genocide, or you probably support that though.
- nonrandomstring 4y ago> How about we progress away from blatant human rights violations and genocide, or you probably support that though. The best interpretation of your comment is that of course I support progress away from blatant human rights violations and genocide. Though I do suggest you take extra care with grammatical use of the comma (,). :)