Agricultural societies supported larger populations that grew rapidly to maximum productivity of the land, and when population exceeded carrying capacity and harvests failed, the instinctive response was to expand into new land, making agriculture a great expanding force.

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Unidentified Speaker — How work has shaped society | James Suzman [JFRK5p_Oxu0]

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This supports larger populations and populations always grew rapidly to the maximum size... when that population goes up and then the harvest perhaps fails then suddenly you think, 'Well, we need more land.' So agriculture became this great expanding force.

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How work has shaped society | James SuzmanBig Think
Created: 8/12/2026, 6:07:36 PM

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