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    Jared Diamond is… interesting. The argument that Jared Diamond makes in his article‚ “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race”‚ is completely refutable. There is very little evidence in the article that makes sense‚ and most of it appears to be that Diamond just has a grudge against the laziness of the modern world. This is where Diamond and I agree. The modern world is incredibly lazy. We now live in a world where fast food is a food group‚ and technology is being used incorrectly‚ resulting

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    In Jared Diamond’s article "The Worst Mistake in Human History‚" he describes the adoption of agriculture as a catastrophy. At first mention‚ this sounds rediculous. How could one of our greatest advancements possibly be regaurded as the worst mistake in human history? It encouarged civilization and made food easier to come back. Surely this porgession was not catastrophic. The adoption of agriculuture offered much room for advancement. In hunter-gatherer societies‚ people had to move with their

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    In the article “The Worst Mistake of the Human Race” by Jared Diamond‚ he argues that agriculture “was in many ways a catastrophe” and “with agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality‚ the disease and despotism‚ that curse our existence.” Although this may be somewhat true‚ many would disagree. Agriculture doesn’t lead to inequality nor diseases. The differences between humans lead to inequality and poor agriculture leads to diseases. Differences between humans such as their sex and

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    Complex societies Jared Diamond In his capturing magazine article‚ The Worst Mistake in the history of the Human Race‚ Jared Diamond disproves the overall of the progressive view that point out that the human race is exceptionally much way wealthier since several communities adopted agricultural activities around 10‚000yrs ago (Diamond‚ 1987). He believes that we owe dramatic changes in our life to science. Such as Astronomy‚ biology‚ archaeology and agriculture. Most importantly‚ he depicts how

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    Jared Diamond. “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race” Jared Diamond writes about the consequences of agriculture on the human race. He suggests that the earliest farming societies did not have an easier more productive lifestyle than hunter-gatherer societies‚ contrary to popular belief. For example‚ the Kalahari Bushmen spend a mere average of 12 to 19 hours a week to getting food‚ and on average sleep a lot‚ work less hard‚ and have more free time than people in hunter-gatherer societies

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    Diamond‚ J. (1987‚ May). The Worst Mistake In The History Of The Human Race. Discover‚ 1-3. Retrieved March 8‚ 2018‚ from http://discovermagazine.com/1987/may/02-the-worst-mistake-in-the-history-of-the-human-race. The magazine article talks about the adoption of agriculture by the earliest of human civilizations and its repercussions. The author begins the article by putting forward his argument: “With agriculture came the gross social and sexual inequality‚ the disease and despotism‚ that curse

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    Jared Diamond is a scientist and is the author of “The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race.” The article isn’t the clearest on what could be better. Would the human race have been better off living with the need to hunt and gather for their life‚ or would agriculture be the key to the survival for the human race? Jared believes moving back to a hunting/gathering lifestyle would be beneficiary to us. I believe Jared Diamond makes some great points‚ but that agriculture was a necessity for

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    Mai Hamad ANTH 103 Writing assignment 1 April 23‚ 2017 The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race It is no secret that agriculture is the primary source of survival for most societies around the world‚ but it was not always this way. Before the agricultural revolution of the Neolithic Era people were forced to hunt animals and gather plants in order to survive‚ but farming became a necessity as populations grew. As many progressives see it‚ agricultural became the primary practice for many

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    “The Worst Mistake in the History of human race” by Jared Diamond – Notes Agriculture isn’t a progress in history as it has created more problems for humanity compared to what it has served. Historical revisionism is the reinterpretation of orthodox views on evidence‚ motivations‚ and decision-making processes surrounding a historical event.  Neo-Luddite is used to describe those who are considered to be anti-technology‚ or those who dislike or have a difficult time understanding and using modern

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    The Worst Mistake? According to Jared Diamond’s text‚ the Agriculture Revolution is thought of being the worst mistake made in human history where as when humans hunted and gathered was the high peak. He also states that domesticating crops brought great confusing creating social classes and inequality between men and women. I completely disagree with this opinion. First of all the Agricultural Revolution was a crucial element when forming earliest civilizations. Second‚ I don’t think that

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