tagged w/ Jared Diamond
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Why do societies fail? In this video, Jared Diamond uses lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana to talk about the signs that collapse is near, and how -- if we see it in time -- we can prevent it. Do you agree with Diamond's logic?Why do societies fail? In this video, Jared Diamond uses lessons from the Norse of... more
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First, this guy has an amazing comb-over. Fantastic! Secondly, this seems relevant as we may have just staved off the collapse of America. Obama!! Finally, does anyone else really love TED? It kind of feels like currents mature older sibling.
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Why do societies fail? With lessons from the Norse of Iron Age Greenland, deforested Easter Island and present-day Montana, Jared Diamond talks about the signs that collapse is near, and how -- if we see it in time -- we can prevent it.First, this guy has an amazing comb-over. Fantastic! Secondly, this seems relevant... more
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"So far, Jared Diamond has demonstrated how geography favoured one group of people â?? Europeans â?? endowing them with agents of conquest ahead... of their rivals around the world. Guns, germs and steel allowed Europeans to colonize vast tracts of the globe â?? but what happened when this all-conquering package arrived in Africa, the birthplace of humanity?""So far, Jared Diamond has demonstrated how geography favoured one group of... more
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"On November 15th 1532, 168 Spanish conquistadors arrive in the holy city of Cajamarca, at the heart of the Inca Empire, in Peru. ""On November 15th 1532, 168 Spanish conquistadors arrive in the holy city of... more
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"Jared Diamondâ??s journey of discovery began on the island of Papua New Guinea.""Jared Diamondâ??s journey of discovery began on the island of Papua New... more
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