Plough/hoe past influences attitudes towards women now
Interesting theory — deep-seated attitudes to women have roots in ancient agriculture. From The Economist, July 23rd, 2011:
Economics focus: The plough and the now
Easter Island’s End
One of my favorite essays by Jared Diamond on societal collapse on Easter Island. From Discover magazine, August 1, 1995:
Easter’s End
In just a few centuries, the people of Easter Island wiped out their forest, drove their plants and animals to extinction, and saw their complex society spiral into chaos and cannibalism. Are we about to follow their lead?
by Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond on the environment
An essay by Jared Diamond, from Time magazine, August 26, 2oo2:
Lessons from Lost Worlds
The Oily Americans
Oldie, but a gives a good idea of how the United States meddled in the Middle East. Things haven’t changed, have they?
From Time magazine, Monday, May. 19, 2003:
The Oily Americans
By Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele
Origins of money
10.01.1998
The Cradle of Cash
When money arose in the ancient cities of Mesopotamia, it profoundly and permanently changed civilization.
About
Although it started out as a means of practising expressing myself, this blog is turning out to be more of a compendium of interesting information I come across. One of these days I’ll have to actually write something as opposed to cut and paste. 
