Reading Jared Diamond

A few notes from Mr. Goldberg:

First of all, who is Jared Diamond? Does he have a web page?

Whenever you consider a source think about these questions:

Who wrote it? When? Where? Why? For what purpose?

On the bottom of page 1, Diamond refers to the Parthenon and to the B-minor mass.

Here's a 2-minute segment from a performance of the mass.

At the end of the second paragraph (still on page 1), he uses the term neo-Luddite.

On the seventh line of page 3, he talks about "the end of the ice ages." When were the ice ages? Can anyone find a good simulation of the ice age? This timeline was the best I could find, and it only covers North America (mainly Canada).

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Where do we get our food from today? Is there a problem if we don't get our food locally?

For context, do you remember the spinach problem from last fall?

Could the use of Genetically Modified Foods be the next biggest mistake?

Here's some more updated information about GMOs.

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Unrelated follow-up from class:

A Block:
Here's a question that came up in class from the Table of Contents: What is the Axial Age?

D Block:
The Sydney Opera House was nominated as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.