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A batch of the best highlights from what Tristan's read, .
The Industrial Revolution opened the way to a long line of experiments in social engineering and an even longer series of unpremeditated changes in daily life and human mentality.
Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari
Schiller’s most compelling thoughts on this subject are contained in his essay Of the Sublime.
Philosophy 100 Essential Thinkers
Philip Stokes
Compared to foraging, early farming usually required higher human energy inputs—but it could support higher population densities and provide a more reliable food supply.
Energy and Civilization
Vaclav Smil
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