Re:Easter Island heads have bodies
by spindritf on Sunday October 30, 2011 @07:18AM
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That's the response from Jared Diamond who wrote a book (mentioned in the comments below: "Collapse") with pretty much the same story as yours, of course it will end with a similar conclusion.
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Re:Easter Island heads have bodies
by GeneTraylor on Sunday October 30, 2011 @10:14AM
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Yeah, I'm thinking about buying the book as soon as I have the spare cash.
Put your college professor mindset on, because you're going to need it.
For books about war, famine, disease, and horrible death, I find his books incredibly dry.
Jared Diamond tries to make sense of history in a methodical manner referring to researches done in diverse areas spawning evolutionary biology, archaeology, ecology etc. I would expect any such serious book (though targeted towards readers not steeped in diverse fields which he refers) would appear dry.
Re:Easter Island heads have bodies
by GeneTraylor on Sunday October 30, 2011 @11:47AM
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Hm. I don't think that's going to be a problem, it might take me a while to read his work, but that's okay. That said, I'm used to such books and a world rife with war, famine, disease and horrible death.