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The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV,

The main thing that gives me hope is the media. We have radio, TV, magazines, and books, so we have the possibility of learning from societies that are remote from us, like Somalia. We turn on the TV and see what blew up in Iraq or we see conditions in Afghanistan. – Jared Diamond

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Introspection and preserved writings give us far more insight into the ways of past humans than we have into the ways of past dinosaurs. For that reason, Im optimistic that we can eventually arrive at convincing explanations for these broadest patterns of human history. – Jared Diamond

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I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the 10 years of the MacArthur grant that I began working on my first book… and I began putting more work into environmental history. – Jared Diamond

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Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isnt long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws weve got in this country. – Jared Diamond

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