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Old 05-06-2009, 02:01 PM   #777
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Originally Posted by kermitology View Post
I couldn't wait to finish that book. Diamond goes overboard in his examples IMO. It started off and I was pretty interested, but after the fourth example that basically said the same thing I was starting to get fed up.

I don't mean to spoil it for you, but it basically comes down to... if you cut down all your trees, your civilization will die.

Well, thanks for ruining the ending!!

In all honesty, I really liked the bit on the Incas. In part because I don't really like corn all that much--so, when someone asks why I don't like corn, I always say "don't you know corn killed the Incas?!?"
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