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http://www.awok.org/worst-mistake/
Basic thesis: Agriculture was probably humanity's greatest mistake. It produced overdependence on a monolithic diet that produced serious health consequences. It produces the classic scourge of class inequality and led to gender inequality.
Interesting article but I don't buy all of it. It's refreshing to see a well-argued contrarian view though. It was written by Jared Diamond, the scholar behind the AWESOME BOOK Guns Germs and Steel
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He points out in his book that the regions that have farmers and hunters/gastherer near each other. The standard of living of the hunter/getherers is higher then the farmers.