In
: The Fates of Human Societies, authorargues that environmental differences
rather than cultural or genetic differences are responsible for some civilizations accumulating
wealth, power, and advanced technology rather than others. In thecalled "Yali's
Question," Diamond explains that it was due to a conversation with a New Guinean politician
named Yali and a particular question that Yali posed that prompted him to write the
book.
Diamond and Yali meet one another while walking on a beach in New
Guinea, and it is then that Yali asks his...
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