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70sEraVet

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1. Mankind's grand accomplishment?
Sun Dec 15, 2024, 10:17 AM
Dec 15

An alcoholic beverage made from moldy rice may have provided the spark that led to the widespread adoption of agriculture in East Asia.

So, agriculture wasn't invented so that we could give up the hunter-gatherer lifestyle, settle in one place, have laws and governments and division-of-labor? It was so that we could PARTYYY!!!????
Thanks, Judi. Now we understand how we have arrived at our level of Cosmic insignificance.

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