I'm probably just ignorant, but aren't these kind of the same thing?

The upshot of both seems to be "modernity is bad, the right way for humans to live is in some vastly simpler system characterized by either sustenance farming, shepherding, and/or hunting & gathering".

  • Pluto [he/him, he/him]
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    6 months ago

    Read 1491 and 1493 by Charles C. Mann.

    Both books are great.

    Quite complex and advanced civilizations.

    They were not "primitivists."

    Large cities too.

      • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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        6 months ago

        Take them with a grain of salt and remember they're pop sociology for a general audience. They're not bad, just intended for non-specialists.