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Originally Posted by kermitology
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.
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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?!?"