Sunday, September 9, 2007

"Worst Mistake"

When I first started reading "The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race", I thought the author was out of his mind. After reading the entire opinion, I had to agree with him on many things he had said. I had never stopped to think about the way agriculture had changed our lives. I think many peoples lives would be better if they grew all of their own food and I imagine there would be less spreading of diseases. It is very important for people to have a varied and balanced diet and it has been proven that it is better for a persons health. I have to agree strongly with the part about gross social and sexual inequality. If you are a man of high social standing, you have the best food , clothes, and consumer goods that money can buy. However, if you are of a lower social class rather you are male or female you may not be able to afford the healthiest foods. Some of the people that live in poverty can't afford much food at all and they are lucky if they have clothes on their backs or a roof over their heads. Now that I have had a chance to think about all of this, I find it very disturbing. I don't believe that there is any way to go back and most of the people I know don't want to give up any of their creature comforts even if it is better for them. The only way I see to go back is to be forced to do so by a natural disaster or something of that nature. I do believe that the ones that survive a catastrophic event and have to hunt and gather their food will be better off.

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