Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation. Jared Diamond affectfactorhuman Change image and share on social
Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country. Jared Diamond countrydismantleelection share on social
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 advantageamericananimal share on social
We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of murderers and rapists... to understand how those evil things came about. Jared Diamond evilgenocidehistory share on social
Australia is the most isolated continent. Jared Diamond australiacontinentisolate Change image and share on social
Thousands of years ago, humans domesticated every possible large wild mammal species fulfilling all those criteria and worth domesticating, with the result that there have been no valuable additions of domestic animals in recent times, despite the efforts of modern science. Jared Diamond additionagoanimal share on social
Technology has to be invented or adopted. Jared Diamond adoptinventtechnology Change image and share on social
No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing good for the environment. Jared Diamond bigbusinessenvironment Change image and share on social
We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific. Jared Diamond classifyconsiderhistory Change image and share on social
I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book... and I began putting more work into environmental history. Jared Diamond beginbookdecide share on social
