“**For most of human history, every day for our ancestors was a fight to feed the family**. Crop yields were low and supply was tight. One bad season – a drought, a flood or a pest invasion – and everyone could be left starving. ([Location 599](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=599))” --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[optimism]], [[conditional-optimism]], [[progressing-slowly]], [[technology]], [[gratitude]], [[fertilisers]], [[ammonia]], [[statistics]], [[food-security]], **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]