II. BRAKING THE SEARCH FOR GAIN

2. Braking the search for gain

UNMECHANIZED AGRICULTURE DEMANDS COLLABORATION

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Fresco in an ancient Egyptian tomb

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 Ethiopian villagers return from the field.

        Witness by Peter Weir with Harrison Ford, 1985 / YouTube

Amish farmers build a barn

This chapter explains need to contain profit  

and how it took place.

• One can't bring in the harvest or fish with large nets or hunt big animals alone

• Curbs on gain that villagers impose

• The grandiose destruction of wealth, a universal practice

• From chiefs to kings

• Behavior whose logic escapes us 

• Were (are) tangible factors recognized? 

• Awareness of the economic base would avoid tragedies like this

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Next,
One can't bring in the harvest 

or fish with large nets or hunt big animals alone