guns, germs, and steel

Jared diamond wrote this book on why some civilizations survived and why some failed. we are haves and then some are "have nots". take place in Papua new guinea professor at UCLA, likes to study birds, studies birds in Papua new guinea which brought him to this country. cultural diverse and adaptable. one day a man asks Jared why do we have so much wonderful possessions and why new guinea has nothing. this set him on his quest. they thought race meant power. Jared diamond says that they are very good with building and surviving in a forest with nothing, when if he were to do the same he would not even know where to start.