Measles and TB evolved from diseases of our cattle, influenza from a disease of pigs, and smallpox possibly from a disease of camels. The Americas had very few native domesticated animal species from which humans could acquire such diseases.
In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. That's increasingly the case in Los Angeles where I … - Jared Diamond
In much of the rest of the world, rich people live in gated communities and drink bottled water. That's increasingly the case in Los Angeles where I …
- Jared Diamond
History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency. - Jared Diamond
History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.
A blueprint for disaster in any society is when the elite are capable of insulating themselves. - Jared Diamond
A blueprint for disaster in any society is when the elite are capable of insulating themselves.
I personally am not conscious of my accent. - Jared Diamond
I personally am not conscious of my accent.
Civilization originates in conquest abroad and repression at home. - Jared Diamond
Civilization originates in conquest abroad and repression at home.
Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of the various societies' histories] towards success or failure: long-t… - Jared Diamond
Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping the outcomes [of the various societies' histories] towards success or failure: long-t…
Forced to choose between limiting population or trying to increase food production, we chose the latter and ended up with starvation, warfare, and ty… - Jared Diamond
Forced to choose between limiting population or trying to increase food production, we chose the latter and ended up with starvation, warfare, and ty…
History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences am… - Jared Diamond
History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences am…
One person making a wrong decision affects the whole country. - Jared Diamond
One person making a wrong decision affects the whole country.
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