Given that in the agricultural societies we know about, the actual work of farming was performed by peasants or slaves, just about everybody who was not a...
So how did the peasant/slave class get created? I've read the same kinds of things about hunter-gatherers (my father was an anthropology professor), but I...
Slash and burn horticulturists are somewhat nomadic, needing to move every few years, as the soil gets used up. But in a few places in the world, it was not...
Makes a lot of sense! Thanks. Puts me to mind of how the Normans conquered England in 1066 and made themselves lords and ladies, and by a few hundred years...
Thank you, some of my thinking on this comes from "Theory of the leisure class" by Thorstein Veblen, which is a hilarious read, and you can download it for...
You missed three important points in this evolutionary journey. 1. The former occupation of Hunter-Gatherer was gradually outlawed as the great, ignorant...
http://news.yahoo.com/scientists-warn-emergency-global-scale-185118563.html GDP isn't the problem. "Private" property is the problem. -- *F**R**I**S**H* ...
IPCC scientists claim to see evidence of human caused climate change. I believe that's new news... Best quote: Environmentalists and *major insurers* argue...
Guess that is why the Soviet Union and Red China (had) have such an excellent record re the environment. Which makes me think, it is rarely private property...
This study is a simulation, which doesn't mean it's right, but maybe it's close enough. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120330110535.htm "Human...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/03/120329171607.htm The article is more "dense" than most from this source. Which makes this article even more...
Great post! I too am a liberal environmentalist who is sceptical of the idea that CO2 is the threat we should be focussed on. There aren't too many of us out...
Dear Al, There are only 376 members on this board. You really need to join some other groups / boards so that you can alert a broader audience to just how COOL...
Okay, now I feel bad for arguing with the handicapped. Before I thought you were just a Tea Party asshole, but now I learn you are clinically deranged. Sorry...
I may as well post my reply to both lists since this was posted to both. I don't know how much overlap there is. Looking at the chart objectively, I can't say...
Ah, good ol' doom 'n gloom. I'll counter with this: http://www.samharris.org/blog/item/better-than-you-think On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 9:33 PM, Michael (Frish)...
Q. What do you hope people will get from reading your book? A. "The first is hope. You can’t change the world if you don’t believe it’s changeable. The...
Of course there are limits on potential population. And as limits tend to do, those limits will...*limit *population growth, one way or another. ... [Non-text...
Brian, in light of the recent wackos going ballistic with guns blazing, I think the safest move at this point would be to distance myself from you. Note to any...
Regardless how many "Hair, Scales, Feather" bearing creatures are left Post-AOH (Age Of Humans), the next geologic epoch will be well suited for both Bacteria...
