Against the Grain
Just Food: Where Locavores Get It Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly
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Hunter-gatherers had not seen themselves as superior beings because they were seldom aware of their impact on the ecosystem. A typical band numbered in the dozens, it was surrounded by thousands of wild animals, and its survival depended on understanding and respecting the desires of these animals. Foragers had to constantly ask themselves what dee
... See moreYuval Noah Harari • Homo Deus
- Once upon a time, the story goes, we were hunter-gatherers, living in a prolonged state of childlike innocence, in tiny bands. These bands were egalitarian; they could be for the very reason that they were so small. It was only after the ‘Agricultural Revolution’, and then still more the rise of cities, that this happy condition came to an end, ush
David Graeber • The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
