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1. Chthonic Librarian Socialism (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2019 11:29:47 UTC Chthonic Librarian Socialism

   TIL: The story of the farmer and gatherer seems to be wrong. The shift from gathering and hunting to agriculture and farming in the first centuries made the food supply more unstable, more unpredictable, instead of more stable and "progressive" as i learned in School (and at the university for that matter). This was told to me by an archaeologist who sat next to me during my train ride.

   • lazarski@todon.nl's status on Friday, 21-Jun-2019 11:48:04 UTC lazarski

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     @syndikalista
     There's a fantastic book on this topic called Against The Grain which I highly recommend, there's a review of it here for a summary of what it says: https://www.lrb.co.uk/v39/n23/steven-mithen/why-did-we-start-farming

     Chthonic Librarian Socialism repeated this.
   • Chthonic Librarian Socialism (syndikalista@anticapitalist.party)'s status on Friday, 21-Jun-2019 11:50:10 UTC Chthonic Librarian Socialism

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     • lazarski

     @lazarski i guess i heard about that book before, but never looked into it. Time to change that in future.