1.30.15

Today in west civ we started a movie. It was called Guns, Germs, and Steel. From what I understand so far it that it's about a guy named Jared Diamond. He was a scientists who traveled all over the world. His focus was on the island of Papua, New Guinea which is near Australia. He found that people there had a still very undeveloped, hunter/gatherer lifestyle. He talked about how he separates the "haves" from the "have nots." There was a man who asked, "why do white men have so much cargo and we, New Guineans, have so little?" This was a hard hitting question for Jared, for he did not know the answer. Jared thought about about why societies progress and he had three reasons for that. Advanced technology, large populations, and well organized work forms were the key things in having a progressed society. Since the people had little to eat on the island, they had to eat sago, a starchy like dough that they had to make over days found in sago trees. It is yet another example of how they have so little. This one food was something they depended on, even considering the low calories and protein.