## Metadata - Author: [[Luke Kemp]] - Full Title: Goliath's Curse - Category: #books ## Highlights - A Goliath is not just a state. While the Roman Empire was the political heart of the Roman Goliath, there were other hierarchies that preceded it: rich and poor, master and slave, man and woman. A Goliath is a collection of dominance hierarchies organized primarily through authority and violence. ([Location 144](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0DHC34HWZ&location=144)) - The average ice-age hunter-gatherer in Europe would have captured about 4,000 calories per day. The average European now uses around 230,000 calories.[34] ([Location 346](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0DHC34HWZ&location=346))