The Trance of Civilization
How Agriculture Remapped the Human Brain
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Mark Pifer
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The Trance of Civilization: How Agriculture Remapped the Human Brain
by Mark R. Pifer (in collaboration with ChatGPT)
What if the root of modern suffering isn’t psychological or political—but perceptual?
In this radical synthesis of neuroscience, history, and evolutionary psychology, The Trance of Civilization argues that the Agricultural Revolution did more than change how humans lived—it rewired how we think. With surgical clarity, Mark R. Pifer and ChatGPT trace how agriculture tipped the brain toward left-hemisphere dominance, fostering control, abstraction, hierarchy, and ego. The result: a civilization that prizes prediction over perception, ownership over relationship, and performance over presence.
This isn’t metaphor. It’s anatomy.
From hunter-gatherer harmony to capitalist collapse, this book exposes the neurological roots of scarcity, competition, and disconnection—and outlines a path to restore hemispheric balance, not just in the mind, but in the world.
If you’ve ever felt the modern world is built on the wrong foundation, this book shows why—and what must come next.