As science and technology advances the operation of farming
around the globe, humans likewise are responding to its overflow of food and
agricultural supply. Harari’s concept of
the negative effect of farming in the human society from the past until today
argues in terms of the theory that Agricultural Revolution allows the supply of
food to overflow greater than the expected normal produce. From 9500-8500 BC in the hill country of
south-eastern Turkey, western Iran and the Levant the concept of farming emerge
to elevate the supply of food in order to create a scientific concept that
humans no longer need to hunt and find for food every day in the wild.
Farm
products such as Wheat, goat, peace, lentil, olive trees, horses, camels, and
potatoes allow humans to crave more of the calories that the farming industry
is producing every day. The concept of
Harari continues to view the negative side of agriculture that in the hunting
and gathering stage of civilization mankind cannot survive if the wild animals
and plants have less to offer to the given population. Such that, if the population will not meet the
amount of food supply from the natural resources around the ecosystem then
eventually humans will deteriorate and die giving an almost equal amount of
food supply from the natural habitat. According
to Harari’s journal that Agriculture is the biggest fraud to mankind that it
tolerates over population to mankind by giving huge amount of calories to the
world. Take for example wheat, long time
ago wheat is just a wild grass that gives a small amount of food to the village
while today wheat farm can supply a city or one country and the world from a
certain geographical area of the globe.
Farming encourages over population according to Harari. Mankind tends to feel comfortable that food
is enough for a family of ten if you have enough monetary power to acquire a
land or the finished food produce available in the local food market.
THE EVIL SIDE OF AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION:
The fact that human resource will give enough man power to
the military from the past until today, super power countries before until
today acquired more lands or even fight and invade more lands by conquering major
cities and countries like the regime of Alexander the great, the war between the
Roman Empire and Syria, Mussolini, and Hitler conquering the world during world
war 2. The craving for more lands is the
fruit of Agricultural revolution given the fact that the human society feels
the comfort and power given by the scientific agriculture to the world. Undeniably, Hitler during world war 2 would like
to eradicate the minority race to preserve the good race of the society. Hitler is a humanist that in a way he wants
to preserve the good race of humanity.
Theoritically he wants to eradicate the Jews because in his concept the
Jews are in a minority race. Across the
world the craving for farm land increases even in the tribal land of New
Guinea. One village will fight with another village to acquire new farm land. Moreover,
the defeated tribe will upgrade their farmers into well trained village armies to
fight and reclaim their land. Therefore,
the concept of houses in England and Dynasties in China emerge from a simple
agricultural revolution of the small village.
In our modern world governments today what can we do to
control the evil effect of agriculture.
According to Harari, Agriculture is a Luxury trap given to mankind that
until today we are so dependent with farming and we crave for more calories and
power to attain the supremacy of Agricultural Revolution.
REFERENCE:
Yuval Noah Harari. 2011. Sapiens A brief History of Humankind. Vintage Publishing
REFERENCE:
Yuval Noah Harari. 2011. Sapiens A brief History of Humankind. Vintage Publishing
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