On 4/08/2014 18:28, Knapp wrote:

> I would challenge you to go out and try the hunter-gatherer life for your
> two week vacation and see how it really is. Don't bother learning, fire
> making or bow making or stone knapping just learn to shoot some food and
> gather some plants and try it out. Are we really better off? Not saying
> that we can go back but I think we are not that much better off, perhaps
> mostly worse off but we are very unaware of what could really be. Also what
> percent of the Earth's current population is better off? Clearly everyone
> with a computer is better off that most of the people of this Earth even in
> nice places like India.

I know how to hunt for food, thanks. I don't know what most of the local
native edible plants are though, so I'd have to learn that, and fast.
The thing is, I *know* I'm better off now than I would be in a
hunter-gatherer society, even one on good land (i.e. not thrown into the
areas the farmers and herders can't use), because I get pretty serious
hayfever without modern medication. Summer is *hell* without it,
especially in a non-urban area, and I'd be unable to hunt on top of that
(still able to trap and gather, slowly, mind). No thanks - I like being
able to think clearly and breathe at night.