Poll: what would you label the world's oldest profession in your version of the origin myth of humanity? (Not counting basic sustenance work like hunting/farming/tool-making as professions)
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as far as “totally excused from other responsibilities” - combo of mineral exploitation/monopolizing & crafts makes sense
Sarah: so no fully cleaved off roles until early states? The way I always heard it is basically what Dorian said: that the first specialized role in forager-type societies was shaman. I figured that would also be the first to cleave into its own profession.
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no I think mineral exploitation massively predates earliest states - long-distance trade certainly does
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basically specialization in making proto-money makes sense to me, a step from protein specialization
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don't shamans do a ton of gathering though, just somewhat specialized for medicinal and psychedelic herbs?
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sure but nobody uses those but the shaman
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