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[Robyn Francis <robyn@permaculture.com.au>]

Toby,
Didn't you do a Ted Talk on this topic? - I remember watching a video online
of your talk some years ago and tried to find it recently with no luck. Can
you post us the link please. I'd like to show it to my students.
Thanks Robyn


On 18/11/11 5:06 AM, "Toby Hemenway" <toby@patternliteracy.com> wrote:

> 
> On Nov 17, 2011, at 9:37 AM, Dieter Brand wrote:
> 
>> The argument about the superior health of the hunter gatherers is probably
>> exaggerated or based on a small statistical base of a few archeological
>> finds.
> 
> See Jared Diamond's article, "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human
> Race."
> http://www.ditext.com/diamond/mistake.html
> 
> or mine, "Is Sustainable Agriculture an Oxymoron?"
> http://www.patternliteracy.com/203-is-sustainable-agriculture-an-oxymoron
> 
> Not exaggerated. Essentially all the data available show that the shift to
> agriculture resulted in a huge spike in epidemic disease, shorter lifespan,
> shrinkage in stature (suggesting poorer nutrition), tooth and bone problems,
> arthritis, etc. There aren't a lot of sites, it's true, probably no more 
> than
> 40 or so that cover the transition, but they all show the same thing
> consistently. We paid a huge price nutritionally for the shift to 
> agriculture
> (not to mention the loss of freedom, which is far more significant to me).
> 
> Okay, I really am procrastinating on writing a tough section of the patterns
> book. Back to it!
> 
> Toby
> http://patternliteracy.com
> 
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