I did it, and it verified pretty much what we already knew, but was, I think, very worthwhile for the price. It helps to do additional reading on your own, and now I often dwell on just how different our lives have become and wonder what happened to the strength of those early people. My daughter called today to say she had diagnosed me with ADHD because I have to be busy or working all the time. I told her I was raised by people who believed if you didn’t stay busy and work hard you would run the risk of starving, and so would your children. Now I have a DSM diagnosis. The couch potatoes are the “normal” ones.
I recently read the following thoughts regarding our early ancestors:
"The struggles of these early ages were characterized by courage, bravery, and even heroism. And we all regret that so many of those sterling and rugged traits of your early ancestors have been lost to the later-day races. While we appreciate the value of many of the refinements of advancing civilization, we miss the magnificent persistency and superb devotion of your early ancestors, which oftentimes bordered on grandeur and sublimity."