Re: CHAT: Religion, Philosophy & Politics

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 19:40:50 +0200 Lars Henrik Mathiesen
<thorinn@...> writes:
> Well, arguably some hunter-gatherers had a better deal than we do.
>
> I'm not saying it was idyllic, but in good areas they only had to
> leave camp to hunt or gather for 3 or 4 hours a day. The rest of the
> time was spent sitting around and talking, just like we do here.
>
> They may only have lived 30 years on average, but in that time they
> had much more leisure and social contact than the average civilized
> person ever gets.
>
> The problem is that the planet will only support on the order of a
> million people in that style.
>
> Lars Mathiesen (U of Copenhagen CS Dep) <thorinn@...> (Humour
> NOT marked)
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According to my anthropology professor, the !Kung San, a predominantly
hunter-gatherer ethnic group in southern Africa, have a lifespan similar
to people from the United States.  It's agriculturalists who have shorter
lives, not hunter-gatherers.  The H-Gs also get better nutrition.


-Stephen (Steg)
 "You will begin to touch heaven, Jonathan, in the moment
  that you touch perfect speed.  And that isn't flying a thousand
  miles an hour, or a million, or flying at the speed of light.
  Because any number is a limit, and perfection doesn't have
  limits.  Perfect speed, my son, is being there."
                    ~ _jonathan livingston seagull_