

The whole marrying up/marrying down and saying farming is “more advanced” is some weird post-hoc teleology. Research suggests that hunter-gatherers had better diets and were taller and more robust than their early agrarian counterparts. Agriculture likely ended up “winning” from a combination of factors, including a changing climate, the extinction or reduction in population of the megafauna, and the greater specialization afforded to sedentary populations, but it makes sense that hunter-gatherer men would’ve been the more attractive option while they were around.






















Idk if I have anything in the way of technical critique, but I feel like anyone who’s consistent in claiming The End Is Near is wrong until they’re not; we know we’re on an unsustainable trajectory, but answering the question of how far away the canyon floor is is difficult. The economy survived the oil embargo and the COVID slowdown and it might be possible to rebuild if this doesn’t drag out. But if it does? Idk, man, the US produces a huge calorie surplus but it depends so much on imports; a global shipping interruption could end up being pretty chaotic. Buy gourd futures.