Thursday, May 6, 2010

Classic Quotes, Abbey

"The real work of men was hunting meat. The invention of agriculture was a giant step in the wrong direction, leading to serfdom, cities, and empire. From a race of hunters, artists, warriors, and tamers of horses, we degraded ourselves to what we are now: clerks, functionaries, laborers, entertainers, processors of information." - Edward Abbey

This quote makes my heart race ...

I think there's a connection between the sentiment in this quote and CrossFit - we were made to occasionally give the full extension of physical effort and there's a reason it feels 'good' in the larger sense (although quite bad in the moment). The reason is that those who could give the full extension and kind of like it were more likely to have and see their children's children.

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