Booze has long played a crucial and highly beneficial role in the human experience. Curbing its use will hurt more than help. Read on.
Booze has long played a crucial and highly beneficial role in the human experience. In his wonderful 2021 book Drunk, University of British Columbia philosopher Edward Slingerland charts the role and significance of alcohol from the dawn of civilization — pointing in particular to the 10,000-year-old ruins at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, where archeological evidence suggests early residents discovered how to make beerthey discovered how to bake bread.
Drinking also facilitates people coming together in co-operative ways. For evidence, Slingerland cites examples ranging from Viking treaty-making to elaborate Pacific Island kava rituals. “Intoxicants allowed humans to overcome the challenges of moving from small to large-scale societies,” he says. “As soon as you see people organizing in any coherent way, there is always alcohol there.”
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