Jared Diamond
African children
RECAP
The whole big idea of Guns, Germs, and Steel came about when Jared Diamond, a wacky little scientist, that's him on the left, was researching birds in Papua, New Guinea when a local named Yali Asked hi this question: : "Why you white man have so much cargo and we New Guineans have so little?" This question threw Jerry off and he began the research of haves and have not's. He came up with one answer: Geography and geographical luck.
REVISIT
Currently in Africa, there are projects to end hunger and poverty. The four main reasons for hunger and poverty in Africa are the marginalization of women food farmers, poor leadership, to little investments in building the people's capacity in rural areas, and epidemics of AIDS. Due to HIV and AIDS, about 20% of Africa's children die before the age of five. Because they used up all of the nutrients in the soil for farming in the past, the land is barren, dry, and infertile. Another need for African cities, like Kenya, is safe drinking water. In Kenya, one out of every four deaths of children under age five are caused by water - borne diseases. Projects for building wells and providing safe drinking water are popping up everywhere. We need to help.
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REFLECT
The fact that the success of all the other nations in Europe due to geographical luck is pretty cool. The whole, "Trade from east to west works better than north to south," was actually interesting. So, if the geography helped out people in Europe, why didn't it work in Africa? Probably because of over farming. If they can over farm in Africa, can we over farm here?
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