The Neolithic Revolution (part 2)

part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdbnW-9c27U

Category:

Education

Tags:

• neolithic
• agricultural
• revolution
• hunter
• gatherer
• patriarchy

[wcropp1]

(cont.) space exploration within our own solar system is a far cry from genuine colonization. However, change is happening exponentially faster than it used to. We spent millions of years as hunter gatherers, and we have undergone two major transformations in the past 15,000 years. I'm happy about this, as change generally means progress and greater understanding. I'd like to live as well as possible and learn as much as I can before I die ;-).

[wcropp1]

@bishop8000 I'd have to agree with you on both counts. You're already seeing the beginnings of an environmentalist, "living in harmony with the planet" kind of movement/consciousness developing. Information access, communication, and education are undergoing a fairly revolutionary advancement as well with the development of the internet, etc. Let's hope we can learn to stop killing the planet that sustains us and stop procreating so much, which is happening in more developed nations. And, yes,

[justincgs]

If this video interests than I suggest reading and watching "The Ascent of Man" by Jacob Bronowski. He's much more eloquent at explaining this evolution and he doesn't make absurd assumptions like this idiot IMHO.

[justincgs]

You also need to think in the time domain. IE in a yearly or perhaps even more important, seasonal time frame. Agriculture allowed humans to store grain thus giving spare time to spend on developing/advancing culture, language and writing. This is not possible in a hunter gather society as ever day is spend hunting/gathering food. With store of no more than perhaps weeks. Agriculture allowed the storage of grains that in turn could be turned into food many many months if not perhaps years.

[kevinutin]

I believe that the biggest flaw in this video is neglecting the importance of a stable and secure food production. It wasn't only about making it possible for people to have more children; it made people's lives LONGER AND BETTER! A stable food consumtion improves your health and well-being, and while most of the hunters and gatherers throughout history died out, the agriculteral societies survived and prospered. Thus, this revolution is basically about making it better for yourself.

[TrustedWheat]

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[bishop8000]

@Soultrane20 The third revolution will have more to do with establishing stable and sustainable population numbers along with economic systems that use raw inputs at a rate that the planet's natural cycles can keep up with. True colonization of space will be revolution #1000! It's a long way off.

[KevinSolus]

He's not saying it's a bad thing. It was a "limiting" thing... literally. It put limits on a civilization's ability to wage war, for instance. I would say that's probably a good thing.

[lengthyounarther]

How is a restriction on taxation a bad thing? I totally agree that the majority of people in agricultural societies were farmers, however I dont think its a fair point because 80% employment in farming is still lower than the alternative (ie hunter gathering does not have 20% surplus work force)

[GoetzimRegen]

hee, is not pottery is a mesolithic technologic development of japan around 11MBC?