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The standard narrative of agriculture as a sudden civilizational fall oversimplifies a far more gradual, complicated history.

Drawn from what Steven Johnson said

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simplicity Less, but better: reduction as the way to make something good, and the argument about when it goes too far.

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  1. Steven Johnson Non-fiction writer, podcaster and occasional TV host
    But the "Fall" into agriculture turns out to be a much more nuanced-and jagged-story than the standard account would have it.

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