re: sui generis

A review of the book Kingdom of the Wicked which eurocentrists compare imperial innovation, or 1st century BCE industrial capacities to 18th century industrial capacities.

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.

Well, I suppose wine making, mead and cider, which all occur with or without the involvement of people, had to have been well established long before beer. All people add is a little centralisation, organisation and storage.

Beer doesn't happen by itself, things have to happen in a certain order. Of course, the process probably evolved from some abandoned porridge, but it is not a natural process.

So, although beer is known from 2 - 3,000 BCE, I'm not surprised wine has been around for a lot longer.

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