[GCFL-discuss] Energy Levels

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Siarlys

I wish I had the time of day to read
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To: "Yolanda" <Yolanda.c at businessforlife.biz>
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Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 10:50 PM
Subject: Re: [GCFL-discuss] Energy Levels


> Ever since someone started complaining about the appearance of animosity
> in our discussions, exchange of any thoughts at all has fallen to near
> zero. Could we each contribute something in the next three days that is
> 
> a) provocative and interesting enough to generate a round of comments,
> 
> and
> 
> b) not of a nature to leave us all feeling mortally offended?
> 
> I have two modest contributions to offer.
> 
> 1) I really enjoyed the list of "Literary Insults" that recently came out
> from GCFL. I liked Lincoln, Reed, Reston and Twain the best.
> 
> 2) I am reading a book called People of the Lake by Richard E. Leakey and
> Roger Lewin, about the beginnings of humankind. One of the most
> fascinating conclusions so far is that early human existence was anything
> BUT the "nasty, brutish and short" life that 19th century Victorians
> attributed to it. For one thing, hunting contributed only about 20% of
> the human diet, complex social organization existed, including probably
> families. (Many primates live in bands, but only humans live in family
> groups within bands. In fact, it seems that gatherer-hunter societies
> remaining, almost anywhere in the world, exist in tribal groupings of
> about 500, because that is the number within which new adults can find
> mates without resorting to incest, starting new families.) Finally,
> people generally could supply all their needs in about three hours work a
> day, even in desert environments -- not the image of working from dawn
> till dusk to scratch out a meagre survival.
> 
> Siarlys
> 
> 
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