# If you hate your job, blame the Agricultural Revolution

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/if-you-hate-your-job-blame-the-agricultural-revolution/
- Published: 2021-04-07T09:30:24-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo by Evi Radauscher on Unsplash. Article by Adam Frank. Big Think – April 2, 2021. Hunter-gatherers probably had more spare time than you For the species Homo sapiens, the Agricultural Revolution was a good deal, allowing the population to grow and culture to advance. But was it a good deal for individuals? Hunter-gatherers likely led lives requiring far less daily work than farmers, leading one anthropologist to call them the “original affluent society.” The transition from hunter-gatherers to farmers may have occurred as a kind of trap in which the possibility of surplus during good years created population increases that had to be maintained. […] Click here to view original web page at bigthink.com