The Sharer: Birthday Bike Ride

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Birthday Bike Ride

Me and m'lady celebrating my being born by cycling 100 miles in two days, coming and going over the Eastern Continental Divide. With our late start on the first day due to my incessant dawdles, we ended up biking through Blair Witch territory (it was filmed nearby), in the dark, on Halloween night. It couldn't have been a more perfect accidental thrill.

The Sharer

"The surest way for individuals to minimize the risk of not having enough to eat on a bad day was not to save what they gathered or killed on good days for later use by their 'own', but to pool and divide the whole harvest among the entire group every day. With few exceptions, hunting and gathering societies throughout history have emphasized sharing and reciprocity. Band-level societies put extraordinary time and energy into establishing norms of sharing. People who share gain status, while individuals who refuse to share are shunned and ostracized."

In an attempt to avoid famine, bad harvests, or worse, I pledge to be a better sharer and bring what inspires, perplexes, and entertains me to my fellow hunter gatherers. Forgive my hoarding.

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Birthday Bike Ride

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