vue - Why societies collapse | Jared Diamond

1. I agree with him about values being a source of strength and also problems. Religion is a problem in the US. It produces prejudice, especially racism and deepens divisions. A stunning example is that 81% of white evangelicals voted for Trump. Many religious republicans are anti science, education, and anti climate change. The USs economy will decline. This decline will cause civil unrest and with it facism.
2. Dude, you are bald. Deal with it.
3. what are people getting out of this jabber?
4. why the easter islanders cut down the last tree... probably needed it for firewood. why they did not do anything about it... incapable or magically making trees grow and no other fuel source.
5. human impact on environment should be generalized to environmental changes humans are just one reason for that. and as he said can anything be done to mitigate the damage caused by the change assuming it is negative or take advantage of it if it is positive.
6. Holy comb over batman......
7. I'm Indonesian and I don't think we are close to collapsing societies
8. Idiot or not , society worked for the Christian society from the very beginning and still works perfect today for Christians willing to let Christ and God's word guide them. You see , Christ introduced God's way to the world and if a person hears the Gospel and believes it , it has never failed to work for a person or societies. It never will fail. Already been proven. The collapse of societies has been the result of the evil in mankind's heart. God's way is the only cure. That's why Christians wait for Jesus Christ to return . --------------Ernest E. Johnson
9. Dude shave your head and grow out the beard
10. Kade Jones, He looks back, and explains to you, with the brief time outlawed, how societies rise and fail, with examples. His ideas are now generally accepted in his field and others. It is not his intent, here, to solve the significant problems (no one person will!)-he tells you, with examples, how some societies of the past failed to develop solutions, which also are quite complex.
11. Is it just me or does he specialize in being unspecific? He has managed to speak for 19 min here, outlining no major problems, only inferring that they exist. And he certainly offers no real solutions to these unlisted issues. I appreciate his mentality, but but I don't see how this ted talk, or his book for that matter, helps anything other than to "open your eyes." The only thing I can think about when i read about deforestation in his book is how many trees it must have taken to create, how much filler he inserts, and how much time I'm wasting on his material.
12. Wow--- I am so impressed and appreciative of the public comments at large! It seems that you are really GOOD at very important things such as noticing hair styles and commenting on glasses! What a privilege to be in your intellectual company! Where have you been all my intellectual life? Hairstyles and hand habits--- these are important comments! Where did I do wrong thinking that importance lies in strengthening human welfare and in defeating bigotry and inequity? My bad! Thank you for your brilliant input- wow- I nominate these geniuses for president...
13. Did any one notice how many times he took his glasses off..?
14. sociiiiiiiietie
15. Philippines probably have less than 10% primary forest left. sigh It can be a shithole here but I'm still glad we're no Somalia. We're getting better, albeit at a slower pace than most like. Things would be okay as long as China (or horrors, the US) do not invade.
16. Rwanda collapsed ? Since 1995, the Rwandan economy has been one of the fastest growing in Africa,
17. Where did they find Abraham Lincoln? I thought he was dead?
18. Karl Marx, Ida Goldberg, Leon Trotsky, Susan Sontag, Jared Diamond - - what is the difference?
    Guns, Germs, Steel - - this tome is the Communist Manifesto of the 2st century!
19. Thoroughly enjoyable and super educational. Thank you!