The End of Industrial Civilization

Here is a brief history of Homo Sapiens and human civilization summarized in a few paragraphs. From Douglas Dixon ’s book After Man: A Zoology of the Future “””The first men were plant gatherers and animal hunters and differed little in life style from other herbivorous and carnivorous animals around them. They had sufficient intellect to devise tools and weapons and a social organization that made hunting and food gathering more efficient. Neither of these things, however, made any serious impact on the environment.    The first great change in their life style came when, instead of hunting and gathering animals and plants they brought them together and looked after them in a single location. This eliminated the element of danger present in hunting and reduced the probability of starvation, as there was no longer the possibility of returning empty-handed from a foraging expedition. It was the beginning of agriculture. At first the areas under cultivation were s