Jared Diamond Quotes
As On Easter Island And At Chaco Canyon, Maya Peak Population Numbers Were Followed Swiftly By Political And Social Collapse. Paralleling The Eventual Extension Of Agriculture From Easter Island's Coastal Lowlands To Its Uplands, And From The Mimbres Floodplain To The Hills, Copan's Inhabitants Also Expanded From The Floodplain To The More Fragile Hill Slopes, Leaving Them With A Larger Population To Feed When The Agricultural Boom In The Hills Went Bust. Like Easter Island Chiefs Erecting Ever Larger Statues, Eventually Crowned By Pukao, And Like Anasazi Elite Treating Themselves To Necklaces Of 2,000 Turquoise Beads, Maya Kings Sought To Outdo Each Other With More And More Impressive Temples, Covered With Thicker And Thicker Plaster-reminiscent In Turn Of The Extravagant Conspicuous Consumption By Modern American CEOs. The Passivity Of Easter Chiefs And Maya Kings In The Face Of The Real Big Threats To Their Societies Completes Our List Of Disquieting Parallels.
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