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Jared Diamond Quotes

Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... Of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence Picture Quote #1

I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun Picture Quote #1

Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population Picture Quote #1

Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history Picture Quote #1

Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands Picture Quote #1

Starbucks goes to a great effort, and pays twice as much for it's coffee as it's competitors do, and is very careful to help coffee producers in developing countries grow coffee without pesticides and in ways that preserve forest structure Picture Quote #1

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The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are gradually exhausting our fisheries, our topsoil, our water. On top of that, we're coming to the end of world resources Picture Quote #1

People often ask, what is the single most important environmental/population problem facing the world today? A flip answer would be, the single most important problem is our misguided focus on identifying the single most important problem! Picture Quote #1

Maritime technology coupled with political organization was similarly essential for European expansions to other continents, as well as for expansions of many other peoples Picture Quote #1

The past was still a Golden Age, of ignorance, while the present is an Iron Age of willful bliss Picture Quote #1

Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping their outcomes towards success or failure: long - term planning, and willingness to reconsider core values. On reflection, we can also recognize the crucial role of these same two choices for the outcomes of our individual lives Picture Quote #1

The values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs Picture Quote #1

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The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North America until the Chicago steel girder skyscrapers of the 1880s Picture Quote #1

With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly without attempting to kill them Picture Quote #1

In short, we evolved, like other animals, to win the reproduction game. That contest has a single aim, to leave as many descendants as possible Picture Quote #1

It invites a search for ultimate causes: why were Europeans, rather than Africans or Native Americans, the ones to end up with guns, the nastiest germs, and steel? Picture Quote #1

This trait has direct animal precursors - namely, the contests between competing individuals and groups that, in many species besides our own, may be resolved by murder Picture Quote #1

Different rates of development on different continents, from 11,000 B. C. to A. D. 1500, were what led to the technological and political inequalities of A. D. 1500 Picture Quote #1

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Tolstoy meant that, in order to be happy, a marriage must succeed in many different respects: sexual attraction, agreement about money, child discipline, religion, in - laws, and other vital issues Picture Quote #1

In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, sprout, or have sex to produce baby oil droplets or coal nuggets Picture Quote #1

History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves Picture Quote #1

Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter - evolutionary choices Picture Quote #1

History, as well as life itself, is complicated; neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency Picture Quote #1

Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last 13,000 years? Picture Quote #1

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We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and stop ice ages, and we can't experiment with designing and evolving dinosaurs Picture Quote #1

The rate of human invention is faster, and the rate of cultural loss is slower, in areas occupied by many competing societies with many individuals and in contact with societies elsewhere Picture Quote #1

Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars Picture Quote #1

It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World Picture Quote #1

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Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... Of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence (Jared Diamond Quotes) I'd rather spend my leisure time doing what some people call my work and I call my fun (Jared Diamond Quotes) Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population (Jared Diamond Quotes) Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, I'm optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history (Jared Diamond Quotes) Native Americans had only stone and wooden weapons and no animals that could be ridden. Those military advantages repeatedly enabled troops of a few dozen mounted Spaniards to defeat Indian armies numbering in the thousands (Jared Diamond Quotes) Starbucks goes to a great effort, and pays twice as much for it's coffee as it's competitors do, and is very careful to help coffee producers in developing countries grow coffee without pesticides and in ways that preserve forest structure (Jared Diamond Quotes) The United States has long thought of itself as the land of infinite plenty, and historically we did have abundant resources. But now we are gradually exhausting our fisheries, our topsoil, our water. On top of that, we're coming to the end of world resources (Jared Diamond Quotes) People often ask, what is the single most important environmental/population problem facing the world today? A flip answer would be, the single most important problem is our misguided focus on identifying the single most important problem! (Jared Diamond Quotes) Maritime technology coupled with political organization was similarly essential for European expansions to other continents, as well as for expansions of many other peoples (Jared Diamond Quotes) The past was still a Golden Age, of ignorance, while the present is an Iron Age of willful bliss (Jared Diamond Quotes) Two types of choices seem to me to have been crucial in tipping their outcomes towards success or failure: long - term planning, and willingness to reconsider core values. On reflection, we can also recognize the crucial role of these same two choices for the outcomes of our individual lives (Jared Diamond Quotes) The values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs (Jared Diamond Quotes) The Anasazi did manage to construct in stone the largest and tallest buildings erected in North America until the Chicago steel girder skyscrapers of the 1880s (Jared Diamond Quotes) With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly without attempting to kill them (Jared Diamond Quotes) In short, we evolved, like other animals, to win the reproduction game. That contest has a single aim, to leave as many descendants as possible (Jared Diamond Quotes) It invites a search for ultimate causes: why were Europeans, rather than Africans or Native Americans, the ones to end up with guns, the nastiest germs, and steel? (Jared Diamond Quotes) This trait has direct animal precursors - namely, the contests between competing individuals and groups that, in many species besides our own, may be resolved by murder (Jared Diamond Quotes) Different rates of development on different continents, from 11,000 B. C. to A. D. 1500, were what led to the technological and political inequalities of A. D. 1500 (Jared Diamond Quotes) Tolstoy meant that, in order to be happy, a marriage must succeed in many different respects: sexual attraction, agreement about money, child discipline, religion, in - laws, and other vital issues (Jared Diamond Quotes) In contrast [to trees and fish], oil, metals, and coal are not renewable; they don't reproduce, sprout, or have sex to produce baby oil droplets or coal nuggets (Jared Diamond Quotes) History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves (Jared Diamond Quotes) Perhaps our greatest distinction as a species is our capacity, unique among animals, to make counter - evolutionary choices (Jared Diamond Quotes) History, as well as life itself, is complicated; neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency (Jared Diamond Quotes) Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last 13,000 years? (Jared Diamond Quotes) We can't manipulate some stars while maintaining other stars as controls; we can't start and stop ice ages, and we can't experiment with designing and evolving dinosaurs (Jared Diamond Quotes) The rate of human invention is faster, and the rate of cultural loss is slower, in areas occupied by many competing societies with many individuals and in contact with societies elsewhere (Jared Diamond Quotes) Take air quality in the United States today: It's about 30 percent better than it was 25 years ago, even though there are now more people driving more cars (Jared Diamond Quotes) It's striking that Native Americans evolved no devastating epidemic diseases to give to Europeans, in return for the many devastating epidemic diseases that Indians received from the Old World (Jared Diamond Quotes)

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