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Civilization originates in conquest abroad and repression at home.


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History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.

History as well as life itself is complicated -- neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.



Forced to choose between limiting population or trying to increase food production, we chose the latter and ended up with starvation, warfare, and tyranny.

Forced to choose between limiting population or trying to increase food production, we chose the latter and ended up with starvation, warfare, and tyranny.



The adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered.

The adoption of agriculture, supposedly our most decisive step toward a better life, was in many ways a catastrophe from which we have never recovered.



AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing with these issues would cost about $25 billion... It's, what, a few months in Iraq.

AIDS and malaria and TB are national security issues. A worldwide program to get a start on dealing with these issues would cost about $25 billion... It's, what, a few months in Iraq.



We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.

We're uncomfortable about considering history as a science. It's classified as a social science, which is considered not quite scientific.



Biology is the science. Evolution is the concept that makes biology unique.

Biology is the science. Evolution is the concept that makes biology unique.



Technology has to be invented or adopted.

Technology has to be invented or adopted.



Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened.

Rhino-mounted Bantu shock troops could have overthrown the Roman Empire. It never happened.



Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.

Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.



Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last 13,000 years?

Why did human development proceed at such different rates on different continents for the last 13,000 years?





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