The Disadvantages Of Agriculture In Africa, By Jared Diamond

Agriculture, according to Jared Diamond, is an adaptation this country has made that is the “worst mistake in the history of the human race”. In his article he discusses how the disadvantages of becoming a country based solely around agriculture have become a country’s biggest downfall. Looking back in the past, the fear of survival ultimately led to the beginning of agriculture. It is safe to assume that agriculture took off based on fear which can be why Diamond thinks so negatively of it. Although some may argue that agriculture has allowed an individual more free time, it is something that created an unsolvable disaster. “It turns out that these people have plenty of leisure time, sleep a good deal, and work less hard than their farming neighbors” The argument for agriculture was mostly based around the fact that it allowed more leisure time for the population. In fact, living life as a hunter-gatherer allowed an individual to have more spare time in a given day. This was for the simple fact that you only had to gather food for a certain amount of time versus working long hard

Often times a person can relate to the feeling of dislike for tourist because they tend to change your constant, whether that is being on a perfectly organized schedule or even something as small as causing traffic. No matter what it may be tourists bring something to the table that natives will often dislike. Constantly being in one place, a person or this sense a native, can often get bored and get an urge to travel or get out of town. This is a natural human feeling, but on the context of Kincaid many natives often do not want to become the tourists that they so often despise. Even though there is a slight emotion of envy the sense of hatred toward tourists overpowers that envious