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today we watched a video on jared diamond called "guns, germs, and steel". this video is about the evolution of humans and how technology advances through time. the people of new guinea still live a very basic life that involves a lot of hunting and gathering. they compare them to the average citizen of new york and notice that the new yorkers have a lot more "cargo". because they have cargo, the people of new guinea automatically put them in charge and almost worship them. this leads people to believe that the white folk are just naturally in charge and have power, and the people of new guinea believe that because the amount of cargo they have. jared diamond is trying to unproved that thought because he believes otherwise.