Agriculture was the big mistake. Everything went downhill from there.

Before agriculture, if you worked hard today you could feed your family.

After agriculture, you had to work hard last year - and if you were unlucky, you still went hungry.

The human brain started becoming smaller as high quality protein and fat was less readily available to our growing children.

Agriculture is also the root of capitalism, that clumsy system for managing and apportioning accrued wealth.

We will leave it to the reader to describe its effects on religion.

5/1/22

© Huw Powell
printed 29 April 2024

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