Guns, Germs, and Steel

Today in Western Civ, we watching a part of a documentary about Papua New Guinea. We are watching this documentary because the people there live like people did in Mesopotamia. It’s pretty interesting how they do this compared to what most countries do to live. We talked about some important concepts like what separates the “haves” and “have not’s” in terms of modern stuff. Why do white men have so many good and we, New Guineans have nothing. They are very smart people in their own way like how they survive. Us normal people probably could not function their way, but they wouldn’t know how to use technology. Another key concept is that why does our technology progress, but there's hasn't budged, and large populations are also very important. They have a food called, “Wild sego”, which they get from pulp on a tree, and then cook it. It has almost no protein, vitamins, or nutrients, but it’s a huge part of their diet. Its’ all very key.