What We Will Abide

For a while now, I’ve frequently and ubiquitously espoused a theory derived largely from the work of Daniel Quinn which is this: Humans lived as hunter-gatherers for most of their existence on earth. Somewhere along the line, this way of life, built and maintained largely to be in harmony with the earth, took an acute turn, a turn toward agriculturalism, and ultimately what we know of (and often celebrate) as Civilization. What’s happened since has been nothing short of disaster.I offered this theory to Dr. Jim Delle, an anthropologist and archaeologist currently serving as an associate dean at Shippensburg University, for his consideration. What transpires is a race through about 20 thousand years of history which ends, unsurprisingly, on a bit of an alarmist note.Music by Nick Peterson.http://samschindler.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/WWWA_040_051917.mp3DOWNLOAD this episodeSUBSCRIBE to this podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.