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Jiang rejects the progress paradigm by saying the growing evidence shows it is not true and that the transition into farming was, from the human point of view, a bad deal.
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Progress Reversal
Jiang rejects the progress paradigm by saying the growing evidence shows it is not true and that the transition into farming was, from the human point of view, a bad deal.
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"So for example, we could have Leaders which creates the idea of politics, right? We could also have priests Which introduces the idea of..."
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"is it was actually pretty stupid To transition from hunter -gatherer into farming Okay for a variety of reasons the first reason is that..."
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"this out in nature if You're wheat and you want to survive you have to make yourself attractive to other people and to animals..."
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