random notes

Jared Diamond - Collapse! part 1


... easter island kind like the earth now ...
... we are running out of oil and out of food ...
... the norse like the earth now ...
... with religious salami slices over their eyes ...
... did not see the solutions ...
... "societies CHOSE to fail or succeed" ...


Jared Diamond - Collapse! part 2


... problems go undetected ...
... because of the "slow cooking the frog" process ...


Jared Diamond - Collapse! part 3


... conflict of interest ...
... society pays for the damages of the few ...
... the western system philosophy ...
... "privatization of the profits" and "socialization of the losses" ...
... apparently we did not learn anything from history ...
... because unlimited reproduction and religions ...
... caused the most problems in history ...


Jared Diamond - Collapse! part 4


... disaster strikes when the leading people ...
... can insulate themselves from the problems ...
... "limited liability" anybody ? ...