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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 17 Dec 2017

    Romanticizing the Hunter-Gatherer: Superb article by William Buckner @Evolving_Moloch http://quillette.com/2017/12/16/romanticizing-hunter-gatherer/ … via @QuilletteM

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      2. June Casketgrande‏ @JuneCasagrande 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolving_Moloch @QuilletteM

        "Hunter-gatherer" always seemed to me a male-filtered take on what might be better described as "foragers." Perhaps men prefer the image of their ancestors slaying mammoths to the image of them eating bugs?

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      3. delfin carbonell‏ @CarbonellDelfin 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @JuneCasagrande @sapinker and

        Funny funny funny

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      2. Andrea Zanni‏ @aubreymcfato May 10
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolving_Moloch @QuilletteM

        neanche a farlo apposta... @signorelli82

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      3. Andrea Daniele Signo‏ @signorelli82 May 10
        Replying to @aubreymcfato @sapinker and

        Beh fantastico, me lo salvo al volo! Thanx

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      4. Andrea Zanni‏ @aubreymcfato May 10
        Replying to @signorelli82 @sapinker and

        anche questo, se non te l'avevo già passato:http://quillette.com/2018/03/18/wizard-prophet-steven-pinker-yuval-noah-harari/ …

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      1. Ian Perry‏ @IanBurkePerry1 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolving_Moloch @QuilletteM

        I think this article is fascinating, though as I read it I feel it would be better if it also dealt with some of the positive aspects of Hunter-gatherer life in more detail (there were/are some health benefits, or so I understand).

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      1. Jonathan Maze‏ @resurrecti0nman 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolving_Moloch @QuilletteM

        Excellent, I’ve always rolled my eyes when the “farming has ruined people and the planet” argument gets rolled out.

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      2. Miroslav Hundak‏ @FenringH 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolving_Moloch @QuilletteM

        Good article and a fair point. But I'd like to see a study that normalizes progress for average energy consumption per capita. What if "hunter-gatherers" had access to tecnology and power sources that "domesticated" humans take for granted?

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      3. MissyLaloma‏ @MissyLaloma 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @FenringH @sapinker and

        But they wouldn't be hunter-gatherers if they did.

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      4. Miroslav Hundak‏ @FenringH 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @MissyLaloma @sapinker and

        Granted, there's not much left to gather, let alone hunt. What I'm wondering is wether a sufficent energy density and tecnology would be good enough to keep people progressive, or would there always be a need for a large centralized government?

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      5. MissyLaloma‏ @MissyLaloma 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @FenringH @sapinker and

        Technology and energy are run by large corps and charge money to use. Are hunter gathers going to lay cable? That would be the outside world providing that, to which they'd be beholden, just like us.

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      1. colin lyons‏ @VdlchJ 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolving_Moloch @QuilletteM

        What so romantic about unnecessarily killing beings we are equal to as biology proves Sounds like something a psychopath would saypic.twitter.com/oMsSRiI9Q9

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      1. Bill Waters‏ @BillWaters7 May 10
        Replying to @sapinker @BjornLomborg and

        One single innovation separates modern society from hunter gatherers The specialization brought about by outsourcing. Trump people oppose outsourcing in doing so they oppose free enterprisepic.twitter.com/j1KAUJcZNX

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      1. Risto Saari‏ @risto_saari 18 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @FSNole57 and

        The noble savage is alive and well it seems, at least in some circles. Although, I would guess that present day h-gs are not the most affluent in history

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      1. Edward James Krause‏ @EdwardJamesKra1 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CHSommers and

        I was in the cult of Daniel Quinn at one time. Scary to think about it now.

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      1. Greene 緑‏ @GreenMiscreant 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolving_Moloch @QuilletteM

        @joerogan, you've been talking about the Richard B Lee paper before, no? This could be of interest to you.

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      1. stephen fein‏ @Phuketsub 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @Evolving_Moloch @QuilletteM

        I wonder what our untold millions of homeless people make of this.

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      1. Lansford‏ @eserkes 17 Dec 2017
        Replying to @sapinker @CHSommers and

        "Solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" wasn't talking about civilized folk.

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