Agriculture Is The Worst Mistake Of Mankind

How did agriculture change the world? We've all heard the advantages of agriculture, including it's evolution from into modern & sustainable agriculture. But if we are to look at how agriculture shaped the history of the world, the history of humankind, then we cannot leave out the disadvantages. War, disease, impoverishment are all direct results of humans establishing an agrarian society. How such societies led to the development of newer professions, militaries, expansion of power & economies - in this episode we understand the history of agriculture from both the perspectives of good & bad. Based on research, we investigate the reasons behind us humans, or rather the humans in power that chose to prioritise a life of farming over a life of hunting & gathering. 💬 Join Our WhatsApp Community: http://tapthe.link/futureiqwa Videos you may like / referenced in today’s episode: Civilization Cannot Exist Without VIOLENCE: https://youtu.be/oL07t_YZd5s Why Planning Fails? Government vs People: https://youtu.be/YecGDT7BvXU The Power of Compounding: https://youtu.be/KheKQbax0ME Coordination Failures: https://youtu.be/aoE4wEE_sb4 Understanding Sacredness: https://youtu.be/6AgQqkckH8I Why is Gold Evergreen?: https://youtu.be/fZ_TVVm1edU Books referenced in this video: AGAINST THE GRAIN - JAMES C. SCOTT: https://www.amazon.in/dp/030024021X?tag=pondeal-21 Do hit us up on Twitter: @ngkabra http://twitter.com/ngkabra @shrikant https://twitter.com/shrikant Listen it on the podcast provider of your choice: https://tapthe.link/FutureIQRSS Follow FutureIQ on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefutureiq/ Source / References: https://slatestarcodex.com/2019/10/14/book-review-against-the-grain/ https://web.cs.ucdavis.edu/~rogaway/classes/188/materials/Diamond-TheWorstMistakeInTheHistoryOfTheHumanRace.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate_between_sheep_and_grain Chapters: 00:00 Advantages of agriculture 04:25 Poor health & disease 06:40 Wars & womanhood 10:35 Why did Agriculture prevail? 16:40 Why is the Wheat the worst? 24:10 How is modern agriculture comparatively? 27:02 Critiques of the core argument