Nitrogen-based fertilizers, which came into wide use after World War II, helped prompt the agricultural revolution that has allowed the Earth to… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
“essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“That tale is a fantasy. There is no evidence that people became more intelligent with time. Foragers knew the secrets of nature… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“In the past few years, genetics have confirmed that the hunter-gatherers were not overwhelmed by the new wave of sedentary farmers, and… — Markham Shaw Pyle Copy Share Image
“This is the essence of the Agricultural Revolution: the ability to keep more people alive under worse conditions. Yet” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“alongside seas and rivers rich in seafood and waterfowl, humans set up permanent fishing villages – the first permanent settlements in history,… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
However, the agricultural revolution took thousands of years, the Industrial Revolution took hundreds, and the information revolution only took decades. So, who… — Pete Seeger Copy Share Image
“Indeed, techno-humanism may end up downgrading humans. The system may prefer downgraded humans not because they would possess any superhuman knacks, but… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Three important revolutions shaped the course of history: the Cognitive Revolution kick-started history about 70,000 years ago. The Agricultural Revolution sped it… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Scholars once proclaimed that the agricultural revolution was a great leap forward for humanity. They told a tale of progress fuelled by… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“It has happened that a species has tried to live in violation of the Law of Limited Competition. Or rather it has… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
“Yet why should individuals care about this evolutionary calculus? Why would any sane person lower his or her standard of living just… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“The conditions necessary for devastating epidemics or pandemics just didn't exist until the agricultural revolution. The claim that modern medicine and sanitation… — Cacilda Jethá Copy Share Image
“The modern educational system provides numerous other examples of reality bowing down to written records. When measuring the width of my desk,… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“In many cases, this doomed the refugees to starvation. Farmers, therefore, tended to stay put and fight to the bitter end. 12.… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Only when we began to eat cereals at the start of the agricultural revolution, and most especially when our ancestral food choices… — Tim Noakes Copy Share Image
The agricultural revolution transformed the earth and changed the fate of humanity. It produced an entirely new mode of subsistence, which remains… — Robyn Davidson Copy Share Image
“less in danger of starvation and disease. The Agricultural Revolution certainly enlarged the sum total of food at the disposal of humankind,… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
[Y]our agricultural revolution is not an event like the Trojan War, isolated in the distant past and without relevance to your lives… — Daniel Quinn Copy Share Image
Every successful organization has to make the transition from a world defined primarily by repetition to one primarily defined by change. This… — Bill Drayton Copy Share Image
Mankind had the agricultural revolution, the industrial revolution, and now this third one, the information revolution. — Masayoshi Son Copy Share Image
“Whereas the Agricultural Revolution gave rise to theist religions, the Scientific Revolution gave birth to humanist religions, in which humans replaced gods.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“The dog was the first animal domesticated by Homo sapiens, and this occurred before the Agricultural Revolution.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Ancient foragers also suffered less from infectious diseases. Most of the infectious diseases that have plagued agricultural and industrial societies (such as… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“Remember the Tenth Commandment: "Thou shalt not covert thy neighbors house, thou shalt not covert thy neighbors wife, nor his manservant, nor… — Cacilda Jethá Copy Share Image
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