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[chris_gerrib]

1) From Tobias Buckell, our future will be brighter then you think. The gist of the article is that technology is offering radical solutions to problems such as providing enough clean water to drink. The article mentions in passing that the cost-per-watt of solar energy is falling through the floor. It would seem to me a good use of cheap solar

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[daveon]

I've been having quite heated discussions recently with people about Paleo diets and, in particular, grains. In short, we've had more than 400 generations since we settled down with the whole agriculture thing, which is more than enough time for us to change and adapt quite a lot.

We've probably had 3000+ since we left Africa... which is a LOT of generations for things to change.

There's some really obvious genetic mutations in different groups already be it metabolizing grain, drinking milk or drinking alcohol.

[chris_gerrib]

And the article mentions that pre-agricultural humans were eating grain - they just weren't cultivating it.