Guns, Germs, and Steel

Today we started watching a movie called Guns, Germs, and Steel.  I wrote a few notes on what we watched so far:

• Jared Diamond (every kiss begins with JARED)
• Papua New Guinea
• Jared Diamond first came to Papua New Guinea when he was 27
• What separates the haves from the have nots?
• Why do white men have so much cargo and we, New Guineans, have so little?
• cargo - material goods
• White men think they are genetically superior to the New Guineans
• New Guineans have a different kind of learning; can do things they need
• Why do civilizations progress
• advanced technology
• large populations
• well-organized work force
• wild sego - major part of New Guinean diet; doesn't store very long