P91-P109
P.91 We did not domesticate wheat.It domesticated us.
P.93 Would she say,'I am dying from malnutrition,but in 2000 years,people will have plenty to eat and live in big air-conditioned houses,so my suffering is a worthwhile sacrifice'?
P.97 Paradoxically, a series of 'Improvement 'each of which was meant to make life easier,added up to a millstone around the necks of these farmers.
P.109 The discrepancy between evolutionary success and individual suffering is perhaps the most important lesson we can draw from the Agriculture Revolution.
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