tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537965748256551796.post5881353878067633148..comments2023-09-24T10:19:01.383+01:00Comments on John's Green Issues: Jared Diamond: CollapseJohnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14197399895034972279noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537965748256551796.post-44547947974779829042007-07-25T06:43:00.000+01:002007-07-25T06:43:00.000+01:00For a critique of the term Middle East, see the ar...For a critique of the term Middle East, see the article in Wikipedia. Near East was Turkey and the Levant until WWII.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537965748256551796.post-23422579213745143582007-07-26T07:22:00.000+01:002007-07-26T07:22:00.000+01:00John wrote "Slender natural resources, with rural ...John wrote "Slender natural resources, with rural populations inevitably lead to conflict. As Diamond points out, the only societies that can exist at high densities, with few resources, have to become highly industrialised, and high tech, in order to keep out of poverty." <br>So how do we "make poverty history", which will to be done by indutrialisation, to some degree, yet also "save the planet" by reducing carbon emmissions etc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6537965748256551796.post-85063287582001064832007-07-30T17:20:00.000+01:002007-07-30T17:20:00.000+01:00http://burtonh.wolfe.googlepages.com/thereareno'an...http://burtonh.wolfe.googlepages.com/thereareno'anti-semites'andno'palestinians'<br><br>I found someone else who noticed the loss of the Near East, as well as some other lingusistic losses and distortions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com