FBL112: Chris Ryan - The Modern World vs Evolution
The Singularity Discussion Series
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The Evolution of Agriculture
I think everyone typically points to the agricultural revolution in a lot of ways, but it also happens in other situations. For example, the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest figured out how to smoke and preserve salmon. So that introduces, even though it's not agriculture, it introduces the same social and behavioral patterns as agriculture. And so all the evidence shows that quality of life for the vast majority of people plummets very quickly with the transition from hunter-gatherer to agricultural life. Just Stephen Pinker would tell you.
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