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As a sociologist by education I find such sweeping theories useless. Human and social history is incredibly complex with hundreds of factors and a good deal of
by fishnchips 3y ago
As a sociologist by education I find such sweeping theories useless. Human and social history is incredibly complex with hundreds of factors and a good deal of pure randomness involved. Grand theories aiming to reduce this complexity to a single factor are either plain wrong or so vague that they can’t be proven wrong, which limits their usefulness as tools of thought. You’ll have the same issue with historical Marxism as well as with pop science like your man Harari.
- kmeisthax 3y agoI didn't even know who the hell Harari was until you mentioned him.
- fishnchips 3y agoOK, the phrase about the exhausting the capacity of the land had that vibe. Because there’s literally no evidence that this is what happened. Agrarian and hunter-gatherer societies coexisted side by side for millennia and becoming a settled community was hardly an upgrade based on the data we have (diet, health, leisure time and longevity).