The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race

I ran into this article by Jared Diamond today. Very interesting and counterintuitive view about the transition of the human race from hunter gatherer to farmers using scientifically supported facts. A day after the tragic events in London this definitely strikes a chord and makes me wonder if human nature has changed at all. We have a lot to learn about ourselves and make a lot more effort to learn from our past mistakes. Everything should not be judged based on ROIs and growth as the modern capitalists do. As the author rightly remarks:
"At this point it’s instructive to recall the common complaint that archaeology is a luxury, concerned with the remote past, and offering no lessons for the present. Archaeologists studying the rise of farming have reconstructed a crucial stage at which we made the worst mistake in human history. Forced to choose between limiting population or trying to increase food production, we chose the latter and ended up with starvation, warfare, and tyranny."