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Drinking for 10,000 Years: Intoxication and Civilization: Edward Slingerland

Long Now: Conversations at The Interval

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The Dirty Water Hypothesis Is a Part of the Story

Dirty water hypothesis has to be part of the story. But i think a lot of these mismatched hypotheses are feeding into the other kind of social functon. I've watched wasps going afteryur downed fruit, having trouble flying afterwards, and e ando things. So it biologically ethand all is a kind of pleasure lock. It makes lots of organisms feel good, not just humans. What's different about humans, as we actually make alcohol and use it consciously, elephants are not brewing things, right? Yes. And so ye, i think, you know, evolution basically has been aware of the cost, but has also been not made everyone have asian flushings

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