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Diamond claims that hunters and gathers received more protein and a better nutrient balance than what farmers received. He gives an example of a hunter gather group such as the Kalahari Bushmen to enforce this argument. This group lives off the hunters gathers methods in the twentieth century. Even by being hunters and gatherers, they can still provide for themselves. In the article, a study shows that hunters and gathers are self sufficient and get the food they need. A Bushmen takes in 2,140 calories and 93 grams of protein. Diamond says this is more than the recommended allowance for people of their size. Hunters and gatherers eat variety as they live off what the Earth has to offer while on the other hand, farmers live off the non diversified plants they grow. He then also indirectly mentions risk of agriculture by mentioning the potato famine which was a time of starvation for the Irish.

The advancement of technology made being a farmer lucrative but complex. Our influence over nature increased as we began to use new tools and techniques to cultivate land, along with the use of animals and increased transportation, farming large amounts of crop became feasible with moving large amounts of produce just as quick. Eventually this would lead to the standardization of farming regulations thus eventually solidifying farming as a human construct that would be profit focused as opposed to earth focused from the regions early days. Cronans arguments through these sections are indeed backed by fact but as an economist does fixate on the economic influence and glorification but seems to gloss over the agricultural back lash that seems to have sprung during this

Until the recent year of 1987 people often saw the neolithic age as a glorious turning point that made us the great spices we are today, but Jared diamond a brilliant scientist of his age wrote an article for discover magazine called The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race by Jared diamond which presented a rare idea of the neolithic age being a mistake by our ancestors. He talked about how with agriculture came biased and disease like a real pandora's box. Disease was mostly caused by things like an unhealthy diet, and biased was caused by an unnecessary social classes. A few years ago a blogger and a supporter and student of traditional farming countered Jared diamond’s article with rage due to him believing that everyone was siding with Jared Diamond.Although his argument is sloppy and could not be called a scientific paper. Jared diamond was and is more convincing than Jim Woods in arguing that the neolithic age should be a considered a negative turning point in human history. This is because with agriculture came the faults of humanity such as racism, sexism, biased, etc., the very problems that humanity has been

Farming has many pros and cons. Influences such as where a person grew up, what values and beliefs a person holds, and his/her worldview effects a person’s opinion about farming. In his essay, “Renewing Husbandry,” Wendell Berry explains his views on industrialization and its outcomes in the economy. Berry sheds light on his opinions regarding farming due to his firsthand experiences with it. In his essay, Berry expresses his concerns for the lack of effort put forth by America’s Society regarding farming, but he also states the benefits from industrialization. Therefore, the lack of responsibility regarding industrialization diminishes its applicable benefits.

One of the most significant mile-stones in the human race is agriculture. Ten-thousand years ago, the practice of farming, cultivating land and soil to produce crops, and domesticating and rearing animals to produce food, wool and other products, opened a door for the beginning of civilization. In the article, “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”, written by Jared Diamond, Diamond contradicts the fact that human history has been a long tale of progress. He argues that agriculture is the reason that the human race is cursed with social and sexual inequality, disease, and despotism. Diamond uses many examples to prove his statement.

for six days a week and started work at five o’ clock in the morning.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to assimilate our hunter-gatherer ancestors? Well here is how it would go: We would wander around until we found a food source and then we would see how many people it could sustain. When it couldn't feed anymore people, we would move on and find a new food source. It’s simple. It’s easy. You only have to go in search of food when you need it. It’s practical. I agree that farming was the worst mistake in the history of the human race because it led to the division of social classes and it had a negative effect on human health.

Diamond explains that our worst mistake was the transition from hunter-gathers to farmers. Diamond believes that humans were better off chasing our food rather than planting it due to the consequences that followed after such a dramatic change of life. His reasoning expands further out than one might think of about this subject. He talks about the social changes that were created when agriculture began. Diamond spews empowering points that leave a reader pondering if he is correct. People are only sure of how the world is now but the possibilities are endless on what our world could have been if agriculture had not begun.

I wholeheartedly disagree with the majority of author Jared Diamond's point of view. His critique of agriculture is too one sided, the evolution of farming and science could be seen as beneficial to mankind. Some of the obvious advantages are the ones that we take for granted every day here are some of them. Ever since the start of agriculture people have been more nourished and scientists have discovered from the bones of the bushmen ancestors that after they were introduced to agriculture there was a lot less disease. Hunter-gatherers did have shorter life spans despite that they were overall healthier because of all of the drawbacks from it. They eventually had to resort to farming in order to be to provide food for their growing families. For hunters, the amount of food they could have was limited when they switched to farming it made it easier because of the fact that farming helped them to be able to support their growing families better than before.

“The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.” (Arthur Keith)

that “farming is often considered the crown jewel of the U.S. economy”. This means that without

In "The Worst Mistake In Human History?" written by Jared Diamond, there are several valid points to prove that agriculture was the wrong step in human history. One example that Diamond provided would be that agriculture created a struggle for power. In these agricultural societies, people were divided into classes, the higher class, such as royals, and the lower class, such as farmers and peasants. The people in the higher class had more advantages because of their power, which means they had better care and also better food than others. Diamond states, " Among Chilean mummies from c. A. D. 1000, the elite were distinguished not only by ornaments and gold hair clips but also by a fourfold lower rate of bone lesions caused by disease." This quote

It was 1848 when Andrew Carnegie, one of the wealthiest man in American history, migrated from Scotland to United States with his family by the age of 13. He came, as most of us, from a low income family. Ladies and Gentlemen ME, Amanuel, Christy, Parker will be talking about how the American industrial revolution benefit the American society through creating opportunities to the unprivileged groups, how it created technology advancement that made production more efficient and in turn created cheaper products. And finally we will be talking about how the industrial revolution led to urbanization which also connected countries and lead to the modern America. According to the Carnegie Cornell College, Andrew Carnegie worked starting from being

It is commonly believed that people roamed wherever his game did before the Agriculture Revolution. Because people are totally dependent on food for survival, changes in agriculture can have a huge affect on people. In the Agriculture Revolution, people built farms and raised their own food rather than being in constant pursuit of it. This crucial change in food surplus allowed the development of permanent settlements and technological advancements, government and laws, and religion and culture.

America has been expanding and growing since its birth out of Great Britain. The Industrial Revolution has been an influence in the American life since it first in the 1700s. “Most families did not have enough to sell at the market- they had just enough for their own needs.” Up until the factories started booming and employment rates skyrocketed, people really couldn’t become wealthy and live a decent life. As the ways of farming grew the English at the time began to use up more and more land efficiently. “Unusable swamplands could be drained and used for crops.” That’s absolutely amazing that in this era they could turn swamps into areas to raise more crops so they can naturally make more money at the markets and become a bit wealthier. Farming is one of the most important lively hoods of mankind; no matter what argument anyone tries to make. If we didn’t have farming and agricultural production we wouldn’t have all the different sorts of food products we do, nor would they be as abundant. Life would be like it was before the Industrial Revolution came about and most of us would still be growing our own food and barely scraping by in life. With all this agricultural expansion of the time population in England start expanding drastically as well. Thanks to population growth people started to worry more about new inventions and producing stuff for us to make our day to day lives easier than we could have ever before. With all the technological advancements leading up to