We don’t trust historians?!
Comment on Humans didn't invent agriculture
ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months agoI think he’s a historian by trade, so no
hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Wonderful storytellers !
lol_idk@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
Only entomologists are known for lying
hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Sounds like something a historian would say
TeamAssimilation@infosec.pub 2 months ago
His first book (Sapiens) does a great job of showing how frail is modern civilization, though. Its foundation is, like religion, only beliefs.
ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It’s a superb book - I was being mischievous.
He’s into meditation is a big way, as was I when I read it, although I have since lapsed.
The advantage I think this gave me at the time, was to deeply connect with his writing perspective - ie not human-centric.
Buddhism cautions against human exceptionalism in various ways and invites anyone to discover this through meditation.
The quote about wheat profoundly expresses this, with great concision.
My quip was about historians being vulnerable to artistic license to tell a story !