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Developed into what? The hunter-gatherer bands still roaming the Amazon don't have to worry about unemployment, layoffs, crime or a host of other maladies - th

Developed into what? The hunter-gatherer bands still roaming the Amazon don't have to worry about unemployment, layoffs, crime or a host of other maladies - their only problem is encounters with murderous gold miners from the "developed" world. Sociologists found hunter-gatherer bands usually work less than 40 hours a week. They have it made more than Amazon SWE's grinding away on the weekend. The past 10,000 years of "development" has been a disaster for the majority of people, and a benefit to a small minority.

baremetal 3y ago
That is a radical opinion you have there sir, I think I agree with you.
cjoelrun 3y ago
Seems a little romanticized. Kind of like people who like the idea of homesteading, until they do it. Everything is a tradeoff of problems, never an elimination of all problems. I'd prefer to have modern societal problems, but power to you if you can make hunter gathering or homesteading work for you.
confidantlake 3y ago
For real. They spend their entire lives mostly outdoors in the Amazon. I may have 1 2 week vacation to the Amazon in my entire life if I am lucky.
ativzzz 3y ago
Or you know, the problem the people in the article encounter is primarily other people of a neighboring tribe who are killing them. 30% of their males died from violence. They worked less than 40 hours a week because food was abundant, easy to get, and their population was low. If food was scarce, they probably die of starvation or war.
astrange 3y ago
> The hunter-gatherer bands still roaming the Amazon don't have to worry about unemployment, layoffs, crime or a host of other maladies - their only problem is encounters with murderous gold miners from the "developed" world. Isn't that a kind of crime? I daresay they have other issues too, like tropical or introduced diseases, parasites, disability, famines, substance addiction…
TheGigaChad 3y ago
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baremetal 3y ago

That is a radical opinion you have there sir, I think I agree with you.

cjoelrun 3y ago

Seems a little romanticized. Kind of like people who like the idea of homesteading, until they do it. Everything is a tradeoff of problems, never an elimination of all problems. I'd prefer to have modern societal problems, but power to you if you can make hunter gathering or homesteading work for you.

confidantlake 3y ago

For real. They spend their entire lives mostly outdoors in the Amazon. I may have 1 2 week vacation to the Amazon in my entire life if I am lucky.

ativzzz 3y ago

Or you know, the problem the people in the article encounter is primarily other people of a neighboring tribe who are killing them. 30% of their males died from violence. They worked less than 40 hours a week because food was abundant, easy to get, and their population was low. If food was scarce, they probably die of starvation or war.

astrange 3y ago

> The hunter-gatherer bands still roaming the Amazon don't have to worry about unemployment, layoffs, crime or a host of other maladies - their only problem is encounters with murderous gold miners from the "developed" world. Isn't that a kind of crime? I daresay they have other issues too, like tropical or introduced diseases, parasites, disability, famines, substance addiction…

TheGigaChad 3y ago

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