Ethernet TV05 Dec 2012 11:11 am
Collapse: Jared Diamond Interview (2005)
“It was my students who asked, ‘What do you think the (Easter) islander who cut down the last tree said as he was doing it?’ And then my students speculated:
- “Never fear, technology will solve our problems by finding a substitute for wood!”
- “This land and this tree are my private property and I can do anything with them that I please. Keep the Big Government of the Chiefs off my back!”
- “You lily-livered green environmentalists, you care more about trees than about jobs! We need more research a ban on logging would be premature!”
“I have 100% faith that we can make wiser choices. What’s up for grabs is will we make wiser choices?” Jared Diamond.