Diamond's argument that the agricultural revolution was "the worst mistake in the history of the human race" is easily answered with a defensive attitude based on what Diamond calls the “progressive perspective.” This perspective runs counter to the idea that agriculture was an essential development in the history of the human race. The “progressive perspective” is what modern Americans have been taught and conditioned to believe in order to support and defend their current way of life; making it the default argument. The fundamental problem with these two theories is that they are both absolute and strict adoption of one or the other leads to polarization and fails to recognize the multiple variables that led to the institution of agriculture, but also the variables that contributed to the consequences attributed to agriculture. adoption of agriculture. Both theories also superficially suggest that agriculture was a direct and conscious choice, independent of evolution and the changing environment. When considering the impact of agriculture on the human race, as with most things, the answer probably lies somewhere in between and must be considered in relation to environmental change. There is a benefit and a cost to every choice. Choices are complex responses to people, places, circumstances and conditions. Given these facts, the agricultural revolution cannot be considered either completely good or completely bad, but rather as being both detrimental to its development. The choice to move to an agricultural corporation might actually have been the best choice available given the conditions that existed at the time. At the time of the radical change from a primarily hunter-gatherer society to an agricultural society, this may have been the issue being written and developed. Any solution would have had a cost. As the human race continues to evolve, solutions to problems resulting from the choices of previous generations can be developed. These attempts to combat undesirable consequences result in the development of new ways of growing, storing and transporting crops in order to provide a varied diet to the masses. Improving medical science to combat infectious diseases, addressing social and gender inequalities at global and local levels. Unfortunately, many of these and other solutions will also come at a cost. It is clear that the development of agriculture came at a significant cost, but to call it “the worst mistake in the history of the human race” is an exaggeration. We could say that the “worst mistake” is not identifying and developing solutions to negative consequences early enough...