Why I Left Silicon Valley for Honduras

For the last 10,000 years, ever since farming was invented, life as a Homo sapiens has been dreadful. You woke up in the morning and had to spend your next 14 hours plowing the fields, carrying water on your back, constantly worrying that a bad harvest would mean the end for your family. More than 80 percent of farmers subjected to these conditions have shown crippling spinal deformation, and life-threatening harvest failures happened every 5–10 years. Oh, and in addition to that, you’d be blessed to have more than half of your children survive past 5 years old. Read Full Article »