"If you do a regression of outcomes around the world, where the outcomes are development of state government, development of technology, and development of population, those outcomes can be related to the number and value of plants and animals, allowing you to say empirically that high-protein cereals have been more valuable than high-starch tuber plants, and that domestic animals that can be ridden are more valuable than domestic animals that cannot be ridden.
Let me throw in one more tidbit."
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First seen: 2026-09-05 ·
Last seen: 2026-09-05 ·
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