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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] Masimatutu@mander.xyz -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hunting-gathering in the modern world is very different from doing so before industrialisation. Before, you were in a group of people who had all done hunting-gathering for their entire lives, and had learned the practices that had seen the earlier generations thrive.

If you have the time, I can recommend you read Affluence Without Abundance by James Suzman, otherwise here's a brief article in which he's interviewed: https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/10/01/551018759/are-hunter-gatherers-the-happiest-humans-to-inhabit-earth

Edit: typo