Jared Diamond. “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race” Jared Diamond writes about the consequences of agriculture on the human race. He suggests that the earliest farming societies did not have an easier more productive lifestyle than hunter-gatherer societies‚ contrary to popular belief. For example‚ the Kalahari Bushmen spend a mere average of 12 to 19 hours a week to getting food‚ and on average sleep a lot‚ work less hard‚ and have more free time than people in hunter-gatherer societies
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Jared Diamond is… interesting. The argument that Jared Diamond makes in his article‚ “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”‚ is completely refutable. There is very little evidence in the article that makes sense‚ and most of it appears to be that Diamond just has a grudge against the laziness of the modern world. This is where Diamond and I agree. The modern world is incredibly lazy. We now live in a world where fast food is a food group‚ and technology is being used incorrectly‚ resulting
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Jared Diamond is a scientist and is the author of “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race.” The article isn’t the clearest on what could be better. Would the human race have been better off living with the need to hunt and gather for their life‚ or would agriculture be the key to the survival for the human race? Jared believes moving back to a hunting/gathering lifestyle would be beneficiary to us. I believe Jared Diamond makes some great points‚ but that agriculture was a necessity for
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“The Worst Mistake in the History of human race” by Jared Diamond – Notes Agriculture isn’t a progress in history as it has created more problems for humanity compared to what it has served. Historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of orthodox views on evidence‚ motivations‚ and decision-making processes surrounding a historical event. Neo-Luddite is used to describe those who are considered to be anti-technology‚ or those who dislike or have a difficult time understanding and using modern
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In the article “The Worst Mistake of the Human Race” by Jared Diamond‚ he argues that agriculture “was in many ways a catastrophe” and “with agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality‚ the disease and despotism‚ that curse our existence.” Although this may be somewhat true‚ many would disagree. Agriculture doesn’t lead to inequality nor diseases. The differences between humans lead to inequality and poor agriculture leads to diseases. Differences between humans such as their sex and
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Jared Diamond makes a compelling case for why “the adoption of agriculture was in many ways a catastrophe” in his 1987 Discover Magazine article “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race‚” however I am not convinced. An Agricultural Revolution is a “significant change in agriculture that occurs when there are discoveries‚ inventions‚ or new technologies that change production” (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2015) and the development of agriculture has been a fundamental part of
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Jared Diamond* May 1987 Illustrations by Elliott Danfield To science we owe dramatic changes in our smug self-image. Astronomy taught us that our earth isn’t the center of the universe but merely one of billions of heavenly bodies. From biology we learned that we weren’t specially created by God but evolved along with millions of other species. Now archaeology is demolishing another sacred belief: that human history over the past million years has been a long tale of progress. In particular‚ recent
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13 The Worst Mistakein the History of the Human Race Jared Diamond What we eat and how we eat are imPortant both nutritionally and culturally. This selection suggests that how we get what we eat-through gathering and hunting versus agriculture‚ for example-has draThis seemspretty obvious.We all matic consequences. imagine what a struggle it must have been before the We developmentof agricu-lture. think of our ancestors spending their days searching for roots and berries to eat‚or out at the crack
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Diamond‚ J. (1987‚ May). The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race. Discover‚ 1-3. Retrieved March 8‚ 2018‚ from http://discovermagazine.com/1987/may/02-the-worst-mistake-in-the-history-of-the-human-race. The magazine article talks about the adoption of agriculture by the earliest of human civilizations and its repercussions. The author begins the article by putting forward his argument: “With agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality‚ the disease and despotism‚ that curse
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When I read Jared Diamond’s article he had some really good points that state why agriculture was not a step forward to creating the world that we live in now but actually a huge leap backwards that has led to the oppression of a certain gender and some enslavement of specific races. Another thing I do like about Jared Diamond’s article is that he says it all with one quote‚ “The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race”. What that quote does is tell you that we as humans can’t blame our mistakes
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