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Plant lore has been mentioned, but this should be expanded to include foraging. Plants are good for both food and medicine. Hunting isn't always successful, and farming is labour intenstive and also isn't always successful. Without foraging, you're screwed.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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