“The Agricultural Revolution was history's biggest fraud.”
— Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens, p. 79
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Insight
Farming gave us more food but worse health, longer hours, fragile life. We didn't domesticate wheat — wheat domesticated us.
Try this
Examine ONE "progress" in your life that delivered more output but worse quality. What's the modern wheat-trap?
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