34001 TheBiologicalPovertyLine: Let'sStartWith ...
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FAMINE, WHICH
for thousands of years
has been humanity's worst enemy!
Until recently most humans still lived
on the very edge of the biological poverty line,
below which people succumb to malnutrition and hunger.
A small mistake or a bit of bad luck could easily be a death sentence
for an entire family or village.
If heavy storms destroyed your wheat crop,
or robbers carried off your goat herd, you & your loved ones
may well have starved to death. Misfortune or stupidity on the collective level
resulted in mass famines...
When severe drought
hit ancient AeGYPT or medieval India, it was not uncommon
that 5 or 10 % of the population perished. Provisions one
became scarce; transport was too slow and
expensive to import sufficient food;
and governments were far
too weak to
save the
day.
FAMINE, WHICH
for thousands of years
has been humanity's worst enemy!
Until recently most humans still lived
on the very edge of the biological poverty line,
below which people succumb to malnutrition and hunger.
A small mistake or a bit of bad luck could easily be a death sentence
for an entire family or village.
If heavy storms destroyed your wheat crop,
or robbers carried off your goat herd, you & your loved ones
may well have starved to death. Misfortune or stupidity on the collective level
resulted in mass famines...
When severe drought
hit ancient AeGYPT or medieval India, it was not uncommon
that 5 or 10 % of the population perished. Provisions one
became scarce; transport was too slow and
expensive to import sufficient food;
and governments were far
too weak to
save the
day.
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