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On The Collapse of Complex Societies

Posted by Hemos on from the this-the-way-the-world-ends dept.

One of the mailing lists that I'm on had a great short essay about the disastrous decision that societies can make - and their consequences. The author is Jared Diamond, who also wrote Guns, Germs and Steel (First Slashdot book review was that book), and is still one of the most interesting books I've read in a while.

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  1. Re:Stupid decisions? by Ender+Ryan · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Oh yeah, what a huge disaster! That's more important than anything else in the country! Sure, they did a pretty good job of preventing civilian casualties, but the museum got looted!

    Get some fucking priorities!

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    Sticking feathers up your butt does not make you a chicken - Tyler Durden