Did hunter-gatherers have a better life? | Mark Williams, Peter Lilley, Natalie Bennett
Philosophy For Our Times
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Are We Doing Well in This Current Environment?
More than 50% of human calories come from just four crops. In Britain, 68% of calories come from ultra processed food which is extraordinarily bad for our health and wellbeing. I would say that what we've created is a society that's really bad for the planet and really, really bad for people and is not at all civilised. What we have is a deeply unequal society in which a few people are able to consume vacuum up a huge amount of resources. Huge numbers of people even in the UK can't put food on the table, keep a roof over their head. 8% of people in one week said that they couldn't get enough food to eat. That's a profound disrespect
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