Yesterday I say an article that began ...
A simple question changed the course of Jared Diamond's career. The UCLA professor of physiology and environmental health sciences -- who is also an avid bird lover -- was in Papua New Guinea 30 years ago when a native acquaintance challenged him: "Why do you white men have so much cargo (possessions) and we New Guineans have so little?'
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