I believe the Neolithic Revolution was a revolution. However, I do not believe it was inevitable. Humans could have easily kept living their lives day by day, only hunting and gathering what they needed in the present. Thinking into the future is smart and advanced, but does not always need to happen. We see people living in the present every single day, while they are doing homework for class during their free,  procrastinating, or anything else. The adoption of the plow in mesopotamia definitely was an improvement that made life easier.