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Old 03-21-11, 02:58 PM   #5
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Hunter gatherers lead brutish, short lives. In studies of (then) extant stone-age societies (Papua New guinea, etc), the typical chance of murder being someone's ultimate cause of death was over 25%. In some tribes higher.

Turning back the technological clock means consigning people to pretty awful lives, living "in harmony with nature" is grossly over-rated.
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