"**Our ancestors were never sustainable because they never achieved the first half – meeting the needs of the current generation**. Half of all children died, preventable disease was common and nutrition was often poor. ([Location 4579](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0C3X6X695&location=4579))" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[sustainability]], [[counter-intuitive-thinking]], [[food-security]], [[poverty]] **Source** -- [[260103133118 - B - Not the End of the World]]