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From the writers of The Expanse: An earther, he looks at all this and thinks, MINE. In the Belt: "The more you share, the more your bowl will be plentiful"
by walrus01 4y ago
From the writers of The Expanse:
An earther, he looks at all this and thinks, MINE.
In the Belt: "The more you share, the more your bowl will be plentiful"
- AlgorithmicTime 4y ago[dead]
- giraffe_lady 4y ago> This “problem” of managing decisions about abundance reminds me of a report that linguist Daniel Everett wrote as he was learning from a hunter-gatherer community in the Brazilian rainforest. A hunter had brought home a sizable kill, far too much to be eaten by his family. The researcher asked how he would store the excess. Smoking and drying technologies were well known; storing was possible. The hunter was puzzled by the question—store the meat? Why would he do that? Instead, he sent out an invitation to a feast, and soon the neighboring families were gathered around his fire, until every last morsel was consumed. This seemed like maladaptive behavior to the anthropologist, who asked again: given the uncertainty of meat in the forest, why didn’t he store the meat for himself, which is what the economic system of his home culture would predict. > “Store my meat? I store my meat in the belly of my brother,” replied the hunter.