Ryan Maierle/Global 2H/Guns‚ Germs and Steel What is “Yali’s question”? “Yali’s question” is “Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo and brought it to New Guinea‚ but we black people had little cargo of our own?” (Diamond 14). By “cargo‚” Yali is referring to wealth and technology‚ which leads to power and dominance. Essentially‚ Yali wants to know why was there is such a disparity between the lifestyle of the average New Guinean versus the average European or American? In other
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is a short documentary in which Jared Diamond tries to answer a question asked by a man named Yali. The question Yali asked is; “Why you white man have so much cargo‚ and we New Guineans have so little?” Yali was asking why the people of New Guinea have so few technologies and goods in general. Diamond goes on to answer the question‚ stating that the reason the people of New Guinea have so little is because of New Guinea’s geography. I completely agree with Diamond’s answer
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Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond Prologue 1. What was Yali’s question? 2. What did Yali mean by “cargo”? 3. Summarize Yali’s question. This requires mentioning race‚ intelligence‚ and development of technology. 4. What does the term “inequality” mean? 5. How does the use of the word “inequality” prejudice the question? 6. How does the author inject terms that prejudice the reader into the premise that Europeans (and Asians to some extent) acted unfairly towards Native
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Parth Patel 04/27/11 Introduction to Medical School Hot Lights‚ Cold Steel Michael J. Collins‚ M.D. Hot Lights‚ Cold Steel is an exciting medical memoire‚ written by Dr. Michael J. Collins regarding his life as a resident at the famed Mayo Clinic. This narrative of Collins’ four-year surgical residency recounts his progress from an enthusiastic but inexperienced first-year resident to an expert Chief Resident. In detailing the rigorous path to a successful medical career‚ Collins conveys
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Jared Diamond’s book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel discusses the topic of the ancient and current civilizations with an eye-opening argument. Diamond’s main argument is that civilizations developed based on the environment and not because of individual humans. In this book he summarized a history of the last 13‚000 years in civilization. Although his points were scattered he makes it clear that he believes strongly in environmental determinism‚ which is the belief that physical environment predisposes human
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Throughout the semester‚ we have watched many films that relates to chapters in our book‚ the film that I chose is Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel by Jared Diamond‚ Episode 1: Out of Eden. This film illustrates and attains the answer to why some societies and regions like Eurasia and the Americans thrived meanwhile countries like New Guinea did not. Jared Diamond‚ who is a professor‚ biologist by training‚ and specializes in human physiology studied birds in New Guinea. During his quest‚ he also came upon
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The book Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is about how many different things contributed to the success of societies versus the destruction of other societies. The book starts out with the author‚ Jared Diamond‚ in New Guinea talking to a New Guinean politician named Yali. Yali asked Diamond "Why white men developed so much cargo…" Diamond was determined to seek an answer to Yali’s question. Diamond surrounds his answer on how History followed different courses for different people because of differences among
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LAB REPORT Pin Jointed Frame 1312800 1st year school of engineering University of Warwick Date Submitted: 8/01/2014 Summary In this experiment the main aim was to modelling a frame subjected to multiple loading conditions and record how the force and strain vary to different loads. The frame represented a simple roof trusses and the loading conditions are similar to what a typical roof would undergo. In this experiment a universal fame was used with load cells
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"Organizational frame bending: Principles for managing reorientation‚" pp. 203-219 Case Analysis: "Marconi plc (A)‚" pp.184-203 Table of Contents- Article Review: "Organizational frame bending; Principles for managing reorientation" Question: How do firms administer organizational change using frame bending and long-term organizational reorientation? Major Themes: Large-scale organizational change Differentiating among various types of organizational change The concept of frame bending Support
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School of Science and Technology Political Science and International Relations Fall 2010 Moder political History – PS 120 Mark Wheeler/ Maja Savic STALIN – man of steel: fanatical revolutionary and energetic statesman or only a psychopath and a dictator? AMINA ŠARIĆ Decembar‚ 2010. Stalin – man of steel: fanatical revolutionary and energetic statesman oronly a psychopath and a dictator? I. Introduction Joseph Visarionovich Stalin is one of the most complex figures
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