tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281401470076705837.post5745339324561565645..comments2023-06-08T20:29:41.626+05:30Comments on Rethinking Development Economics: Borlaug and the Green RevolutionSumita Kalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00164561739136253759noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281401470076705837.post-55530750954714146662009-09-20T09:56:20.501+05:302009-09-20T09:56:20.501+05:30Thanks Harshu, for that interesting excerpt.Thanks Harshu, for that interesting excerpt.Sumita Kalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00164561739136253759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281401470076705837.post-19060681966662990852009-09-20T07:45:48.913+05:302009-09-20T07:45:48.913+05:30That previous comment is an excerpt from Jared Dia...That previous comment is an excerpt from Jared Diamnd's piece at:<br />http://www.environnement.ens.fr/perso/claessen/agriculture/mistake_jared_diamond.pdfHarshuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774246269411830834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8281401470076705837.post-60676566885540054712009-09-20T07:44:21.697+05:302009-09-20T07:44:21.697+05:30Hunter-gatherers practiced the most successful and...Hunter-gatherers practiced the most successful and longest lasting lifestyle in <br />human history. In contrast, we're still struggling with the mess into which agriculture has <br />tumbled us, and it's unclear whether we can solve it. Suppose that an archaeologist who <br />had visited us from outer space where trying to explain human history to his fellow <br />spacelings. He might illustrate the results of his digs by a twenty-four hour clock on <br />which one hour represents 100,000 years of real past time. It the history of the human <br />race began at midnight, then we would now be almost at the end of our first day. We <br />lived as hunter-gatherers for nearly the whole of that day,from midnight through dawn, <br />noon, and sunset. Finally, at 11:54 p.m., we adopted agriculture. As our second midnight <br />approaches, will the plight of famine-stricken peasants gradually spread to engulf us all? Or will <br />we somehow achieve those seductive blessings that we imagine behind agriculture's glittering <br />facade and that have so far eluded us?Harshuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774246269411830834noreply@blogger.com