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Dr. Angela Lakwete Hist 1210
25 August 2013
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race The worst mistake in humanity history is a tricky subject to explain to people. Over the course of history we have witnessed many triumphs but also very poor decisions that have showed us what fools we could become. Although, many people do agree that as a human race we have learned from our mistakes and have progressed greatly from our ancestors times and still have more time for improvement. However, it seems that Jared Diamond doesn’t agree with this statement and truly believes that since mankind made the switch from hunting-gathering to agriculture that it has only been causing our society a despair that we can never recover from. This article argues that there hasn’t been progress over the many years of the human race transition from hunters to agriculture and show evidence that proves this statement. According to Diamond, agriculture has caused many problems including malnutrition, starving, dangerous diseases and social and sexual inequality. Even though farmers were able to grow a lot of food and feed many of the population they were feeding themselves with food that had less nutrition then the hunters which showed that they chose quantity over quality. Also, many of these farmers starved in order to achieve this food making them depended on risky crops that may be destroyed if not handle with care unlike the hunters who were able to hunt for the food anytime. Also, this article questions if the increase in population was a good thing from agriculture because all it did was bring forth many diseases and separated society into elites who were always nourished look down on the masses struggling to get a meal. Strangely enough this made the farmers look like bullies to the hunters because they gave no one the choice to choose what they wanted to do. If the farmers needed a piece of land they would force the hunter to either choose their way of life or
25 August 2013
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race The worst mistake in humanity history is a tricky subject to explain to people. Over the course of history we have witnessed many triumphs but also very poor decisions that have showed us what fools we could become. Although, many people do agree that as a human race we have learned from our mistakes and have progressed greatly from our ancestors times and still have more time for improvement. However, it seems that Jared Diamond doesn’t agree with this statement and truly believes that since mankind made the switch from hunting-gathering to agriculture that it has only been causing our society a despair that we can never recover from. This article argues that there hasn’t been progress over the many years of the human race transition from hunters to agriculture and show evidence that proves this statement. According to Diamond, agriculture has caused many problems including malnutrition, starving, dangerous diseases and social and sexual inequality. Even though farmers were able to grow a lot of food and feed many of the population they were feeding themselves with food that had less nutrition then the hunters which showed that they chose quantity over quality. Also, many of these farmers starved in order to achieve this food making them depended on risky crops that may be destroyed if not handle with care unlike the hunters who were able to hunt for the food anytime. Also, this article questions if the increase in population was a good thing from agriculture because all it did was bring forth many diseases and separated society into elites who were always nourished look down on the masses struggling to get a meal. Strangely enough this made the farmers look like bullies to the hunters because they gave no one the choice to choose what they wanted to do. If the farmers needed a piece of land they would force the hunter to either choose their way of life or