Today in Western Civ we watched a video called Guns, Germs, and Steel, by famous scientists named Jared Diamond.
It takes place Papua New Guinea. Here are the notes we took on the video today.
-Question: 'What separated the haves and the have-nots? The haves are for example the Americans or fortune people that have iPhones, computers etc. The have-nots are for example the hunger people that don't have a lot like the New Guinean.
-A question one of the New Guineans asked Jared Diamond was, "Why di white men have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little?" cargo meaning material goods/possessions.
-In the 20/30s white men took advantage of the poor/ or unfortunate people in New Guinea. They said the reason we had so much cargo was because we were better or more superior.
-The New Guineans are intelligent in their own way. They have a whole different skill level.
-A modern American could make a cell phone call, reboot a computer and New Guineans probably couldn't but us American's probably couldn't survive in the wilderness or make a living, make their own food from literally scratch, or make a shelter on their own.
-Why society has progressed:
Advanced technology
Large Populations
Well-Organized Work Force
-Sego is a food source were the New Guinean tribes get most of their food from. It is low on protein and doesn't store well. So they have to get the substance from a tree, process it and then "cook" it and even after all of that hard work they have to immediately eat it or it will go bad.
And those are my notes!
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