... experiences have been from what they probably would have been in previous generations. But in terms of a perspective like that taken in Guns, Germs, and Steel, my values are just a statistic anyway. Like Jared Diamond, I need to seek out the broadest historical patterns. Scanning, I see...

... pollution pricing carbon pricing energy transitions greenhouse gas emissions nuclear energy shepherd metaphor Sumerians Jared Diamond four thousand years ago, the fate of the Sumerians revealed that when growth is driven by capital accumulation that preys on the environment...

... Anthropological Institute Salzman Philip Carl Cashdan Elizabeth State of nature Lockean proviso Hobbesian hypothesis Statelessness (stateless people(s) Small-scale society (societies) Hunter-gatherer(s) (hunter-gatherer society (-ies)) Band(s) (band society (-ies)) Violence hypothesis Jared Diamond...