Quote from: Poker Player on Today at 12:18:38 PM

Quote from: Cnut237 on Today at 11:20:38 AM

The agricultural revolution was perhaps the most important step in human development. There could never have been an industrial revolution without an argicultural revolution.

I would say that it was a nutritional development that, although not ideal, made it possible to feed many more people. In the same way that mass production and the food industry have made it possible to feed billions of people who were starving before, but with foods that are nutritionally sub-optimal if not toxic in the long term.

Yes, I should have been clearer. I was just making the point that although hunter-gatherers can beat the agrarians using sticks and spears, it is the agrarians and not the hunter-gatherers who will, over time, develop advanced technology.

Quote from: Poker Player on Today at 12:18:38 PM

the food industry have made it possible to feed billions of people who were starving before, but with foods that are nutritionally sub-optimal

Certainly the food industry has its own motivations, which are based on money rather than ensuring that everyone eats healthily. But there is additional complexity here (as I posted in your thread), in that the demand on the part of the consumer is for things that taste good, not things that are healthy.