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> Whenever I have a family vacation, I can’t help but think how unnatural our present lives are. I feel it is as unnatural as not having cholera roaming around

by lucumo 4y ago

> Whenever I have a family vacation, I can’t help but think how unnatural our present lives are. I feel it is as unnatural as not having cholera roaming around: better than the natural state of affairs. I love my family, but family vacations make me want to run away screaming. Having to live with family would break me.

badpun 4y ago
In human's natural state (hunter-gatherer), most of the deadly infectious diseases didn't plague us. They only started jumping to humans when we started doing animal husbandry (new diseases got to us via close living with animals) and when we started living in dense cities. Both conditions were only met circa 10k years ago.
- dotancohen 4y ago
  That's also around the time where our natural tooth defenses started to become overwhelmed, and cleaning of the mouth, tongue, teeth, and gums became necessary.