Ever Felt You are Missing Out on Something?

What changed when we stopped hunting, foraging and growing our own food in this day and age?

“Hunter-gatherers spent their time in more stimulating and varied ways, and were less in danger of starvation and disease. The Agricultural Revolution certainly enlarged the sum total of food at the disposal of humankind, but the extra food did not translate into a better diet or more leisure.

Survival in that era required superb mental abilities from everyone. When agriculture and industry came along people could increasingly rely on the skills of others for survival, and new ‘niches for imbeciles’ were opened up. You could survive and pass your unremarkable genes to the next generation by working as a water carrier or an assembly-line worker.” 

― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind

                          Garden grown chillies and hunted venison preserved as dried meat