From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 18:00:51 MDT
Jared Diamond:
> "Archaeologists studying the rise of farming have reconstructed a crucial
> stage at which we made the worst mistake in human history. Forced to choose
> between limiting population or trying to increase food production, we chose
> the latter and ended up with starvation, warfare, and tyranny."
It also set us on the path towards culture, superhuman intelligence and
the stars. While I am no fan of technological determinism, to some
extent the "choice" of farming leads to a competitive situation of
expanding population, brainpower and civilization that rewards expanding
our ecological niche and likely transforming our species.
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