That is in fact extremely efficient, as it allows to grow food in an industrial way: at scale, with optimal process and conditions.
> We used to die quickly at home when we were incurably sick
And also to remain sick forever when we were curably sick, for lack of cures. Amputated limbs for simple infections, lifelong toothaches, broken backs, skin, ear and eye infections, fleas, etc.
> to learn how to do a job, we'd talk to someone doing it and start working directly under them
Yes, sent as an apprentice at an artisan's shop, probably before age ten. Or working in the fields (all that nice ploughing, by hand) or just learning your father's trade.
That is in fact extremely efficient, as it allows to grow food in an industrial way: at scale, with optimal process and conditions.
> We used to die quickly at home when we were incurably sick
And also to remain sick forever when we were curably sick, for lack of cures. Amputated limbs for simple infections, lifelong toothaches, broken backs, skin, ear and eye infections, fleas, etc.
> to learn how to do a job, we'd talk to someone doing it and start working directly under them
Yes, sent as an apprentice at an artisan's shop, probably before age ten. Or working in the fields (all that nice ploughing, by hand) or just learning your father's trade.