
Finding Place with Peter Michael Bauer Part 2
The Poor Prole’s Almanac
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The Mayan Culture in Guatemala
When societies and civilizations collapse due to the diminishing returns of an agricultural society, they often figure out how to live in a more resilient way. The mayan culture in guatemala throws their corn seeds into the jungle every year so that it can be re-wilded by humans. "I think there's a level of every society that's been experimenting with agriculture that reaches a point of diminishing returns," he says.
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