[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'E')xcept it is an anthropological fact that hunger periods (famine) for agriculturists have always been more severe than hunger periods for hunter-gatherers. Farming does not keep you from starving, it just makes starvation more sudden and more severe.

[pea-jay]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('TWilliam', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'E')xcept it is an anthropological fact that hunger periods (famine) for agriculturists have always been more severe than hunger periods for hunter-gatherers. Farming does not keep you from starving, it just makes starvation more sudden and more severe.

[Newsseeker]

The die off is something that must be taken in small doses and grow with you over time. Those that accept it too readily often don't firmly believe in it but like the tortoise and the hare the slow but certain method of coming to grips with it works. For me at least.

[TWilliam]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('pea-jay', 'Y')ou are theoretically correct. But that surplus has allowed the rise of a ruling class to oversee the production and use of that surplus. And therein lies the real problem. Not the concept of agriculture per se but the application of it. Plus the continuous existence of surplus allowed countless cultures to grow dependent on them until the inevitable decline left them vulnerable to starvation.