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hunters do not produce enough calories to even feed themselves (let alone others) until around age 18 and won’t reach their peak productivity until their late thirties. Interestingly, while hunters reach their peak strength and speed in their twenties, individual hunting success does not peak until around age 40, because success depends more on

we can see how the argument against economic growth and allied anti-Promethean ideas is ultimately not in any way a novel phenomenon, but just another iteration of ancient anti-Enlightenment reaction. It is the latest episode in what appears to be an eternal battle between the proponents of human progress and its conservative opponents. It is a

United States especially, policy-makersexplicitly discouraged them from cultivating Western-type desires.

When agriculture and industry came along people could increasingly rely on the skills of others for survival, and new ‘niches for imbeciles’ were opened up.

ancestors were remarkably healthy. They were as tall or taller than modern Americans and Europeans, which is a sign they ate a very nutritious diet. They were virtually free of cavities and bone malformations that are common with malnutrition. Despite a lack of medical care, they had remarkably low infant mortality rates, yet had better than 10

Les deux cents dernières années au cours desquelles des nombres toujours croissants de Sapiens ont gagné leur pain quotidien comme travailleurs urbains et employés de bureau et les dix mille années antérieures durant lesquelles les Sapiens ont vécu du travail de la terre et des troupeaux sont un clin d’œil en comparaison des dizaines de milliers