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A few hot takes : - It takes time to cut down forests. - It takes time for cultivars suited for the local conditions to be found. - The advantages of farming
by Bayart 4y ago
A few hot takes :
- It takes time to cut down forests.
- It takes time for cultivars suited for the local conditions to be found.
- The advantages of farming might not be obvious on an individual level (farmers just tend to live harder and poorer lives than hunter-gatherers) and it's likely that it spread more so from the demographic excess these societies produced than from cultural adoption of that technology and lifestyle.
- Spooky23 4y agoI’d guess that it’s also a longer process to get productive. It’s not like hunter gathers just stopped one day and started eating mutton and broccoli.