Breaking out of the Local Maxima - What we can apply from Hunter Gatherer cultures

- Matrilocal society was the first major successful family structure  - HGs had egalitarian society with biological-based specialization and roles      - Perhaps we can have a more equal society with skills-based roles  - HGs had no concept of scarcity, they didn't wander where they were going to get their food because they knew they could always find something      - Similarly, what sets apart 'developed' nations and middle class families from poorer ones is the fact that they can find food and water... you don't have to plan out how to get your subsistence  - HGs had highly involved child care in terms of education, play, character building, and self-sufficiency  - We value all of these today, but comparatively, we do not have as good structures  (Didn't get to talk about the following, maybe next time)      - With agriculture we traded abundance for future planning(?)      - Does scarcity drive innovation?   - Who is doing the innovation?   Sources: Local Maxima - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkS1U5lfSRw Egalitarianism - https://libcom.org/history/origins-hunter-gatherer-egalitarianism-christopher-boehm Matrilineal - https://libcom.org/history/engels-was-right-early-human-kinship-was-matrilineal Communism - https://libcom.org/history/primitive-communism-womens-role-its-emergence Pursuit of Happiness - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFZO_Y3URTc