![]() ![]() He was asked, "Why you white men have so much cargo and New Guineans so little?".Ĭargo represents ‘things’ or more accurately ‘wealth’ which is held in high esteem in almost every culture. The research that led to the book Guns, Germs and Steel began because of a question posed to him by a native New Guinean while Jared was on one of his bird watching expeditions. This post outlines some of the ideas presented in the videos of the documentary as an introduction to Jared’s book.Įpisode 1 – Out of Eden - Summary of show and transcript National Geographic put together a 3 part documentary outlining the essentials of Jared Diamond’s theory in the book Guns, Germs and Steel. Jared Diamond is the author of the book ‘Guns, Germs and Steel’, which explains how some cultures can advance faster than others, how some civilizations just crumble and how one civilization can become the dominant civilization on the planet, all without using a cultures beliefs as the reason for it’s rise or fall. ![]()
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