Why do societies collapse? Jared Diamond on TED.com

Ronald van den Hoff - Wednesday 29 October 2008 - 11:59 - 81 x read
Interesting video, especially in present times....

"How could societies not see what they were doing?", "How could they not see the obvious things and signs?" "Why they failed to solve their problems?" ......"The (financial) elite were thinking 'short-term', while the populations' interest was in the long run' , so their was a conflict of interest..."


Latest Change by: Ronald van den Hoff on Monday 17 November 2008 - 17:30

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Benjine Gerber
Benjine Gerber -  (2008-10-31 10:31)
It is truely incredible what societies are doing...

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