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> It turns out that these people [hunter-gatherers] have plenty of leisure time, sleep a good deal, and work less hard than their farming neighbors That's got
by rorrr 14y ago
> It turns out that these people [hunter-gatherers] have plenty of leisure time, sleep a good deal, and work less hard than their farming neighbors
That's got to be a logical fallacy.
A single farmer with modern tools can feed hundreds of people.
- gushie 14y agoSomeone needs to make those modern tools...
- rorrr 14y agoMost people are not involved in production anymore, most of it is automated, and levels of automation will only increase.
- nnq 14y agoAnd because he knows he can feed hundreds of people, the farmer will have a dozen or so children, most likely erring on the side of too many and negate all benefits of this abundance! As much as I disagree with the OP, I viscerally hate crowded cities, having more than 2 people per sq km population density, oversocialization of human beings and social hierarchies everywhere and all the other crap we had to put up with to get to the current level of progress in science and technology, but I hate it even more when people forget that it is only worth putting up with all this crap because of the goal of progress in science and technology and the hope that it will in the end set us free from the "slavery" of biological mortality and of biologically limited brainpower!.