# Will there ever be a time without capitalism and what would it look like? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [November 9, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-time-without-capitalism-and-what-would-it-look-like/992862 "2023-11-09T04:23:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 48
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2023, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-time-without-capitalism-and-what-would-it-look-like/992862/48 "2023-11-11T05:30:53Z")
There’s several threads here that discuss/mention the book: especially - the one explicitly: > [@The Dawn of Everything](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dawn-of-everything/955814): > > In a recent thread, I asked whether the Agricultural Revolution was a net positive. I had been reading Sapiens and Harari, looking from the viewpoint of wheat, says men were able to get stability and increase population at the expense of backbreaking work, more susceptibility to disaster and poorer nutrition. These claims have been questioned, most recently in the recent book matching the thread title. [[Was the Agricultural Revolution a mistake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-agricultural-revolution-a-mistake/954740)] I’m halfway through “The Dawn of Everything”.… and this one extensively: > [@Was the Agricultural Revolution a mistake?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-the-agricultural-revolution-a-mistake/954740): > > Been reading Sapiens and the author argues that the Agricultural Revolution, one of the most significant events of our species, was bad for individual people and more bad than good for humans despite allowing bigger populations. He argues that for the average person, farming required more work and was more dependent on weather and insects than hunting. That having fixed settlements made them vulnerable to stronger groups. That farming left less free time and led to more dependence on fewer pl… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-there-ever-be-a-time-without-capitalism-and-what-would-it-look-like/992862)._