ows! In The Story of B, Charles Atterly is asked a question at one of his lectures:Q: Wasnt agriculture developed as a response to famine?A: Agriculture is useless as a response to famine. You can no more respond to famine by planting a crop that you can respond to falling out of an airplane by knitting a parachute. But this really misses the point. To say that agriculture was developed as a response to famine is like saying that cigarette smoking was developed as a response to lung cancer. Agriculture doesnt cure famine, it promotes famine--it creates the conditions in which famines occur. Agriculture makes it possible for more people to live in an area than an area can support--and that's exactly where famines occur. For example, agriculture made it possible for many populations of Africa to outstrip their homelands resources--and that's why these population are now starving (The Story of B 257). That's right, in an effort to help the starving, we are in fact making the population grow even larger. Then there's going to be more people to feed due to the recent population explosion, what should we do now? Produce more food of course! This is a cycle that will lead this culture over the edge.The idea of totalitarian agriculture was something that is very new to me. Upon learning what it was and the probable affects of it, I immediately wanted to learn more about it. This is something that everyone on this earth should know about because we are all a part of it. Our culture definitely has some changing to do before we can save the world. We need to save ourselves....
