> [!summary] Progressive Summary # Structured Notes ## Definitions ## Chapter Summaries ### Chapter 1 - Agriculture and the Evolution of the Economic Superorganism > One can argue that we are now confronted with the final crescendo of the legacy of the agricultural revolution in global capitalism and a human population of almost eight billion people where mass extinction and climate change are the order of the day. It’s difficult to reconcile these facts with the claim that humans have been on a trajectory of progress. ### Chapter 2 - Agri-culture ### Chapter 3 - Division of Labor A K-selected species is an organism that thrives in stable environments by producing fewer, well-cared-for offspring. Grain agriculture shifted humans from being a k-selected species to a high reproduction and high death rate species in a short amount of time. # Quotes # References