In South America there are actually two landlocked countries, apart from Bolivia, he forgot Paraguay. And he said China has only one penninsula, which is also wrong. China has at least three (Liaodong, Leizhou and Shandong) Normally I won't comment these tiny points but he is a geographer for god's sake.
You'd think that a famous guy like him knows the sophisticated concept of wealth beyond materiel and money. We are living it up in Africa happily, supremo, and we have the babies to show.
I mean africa is going through what the rest of the world already went through which is industrialization then baby crash. The fertility rates are dropping
One of my favorite Diamond lectures.
His book Collapse is spot on.
In South America there are actually two landlocked countries, apart from Bolivia, he forgot Paraguay. And he said China has only one penninsula, which is also wrong. China has at least three (Liaodong, Leizhou and Shandong) Normally I won't comment these tiny points but he is a geographer for god's sake.
You'd think that a famous guy like him knows the sophisticated concept of wealth beyond materiel and money. We are living it up in Africa happily, supremo, and we have the babies to show.
So...doing what?
Originated from?
I mean africa is going through what the rest of the world already went through which is industrialization then baby crash. The fertility rates are dropping
JD is always excellent. Poverty contributes to terrorism, but it is religion that causes it. B/c religion "poisons everything." D.A., J.D., NYC
This lecture seems so biased and ill- informed 😑