Status Updates From Collapse: How Societies Cho...

Diamond said this is not an uninterrupted series of depressing stories but the first long, thoughtful story sure was depressing! To think that the "pristine" Big Sky State of Montana is so polluted by toxic mine waste that mine operators from all over the world visit to study what not to do. Plus many other serious problems that would have caused its collapse w/o outside money, causing a 2-tier rich/poor society...

This book is not an uninterrupted series of depressing stories of failure,but also includes success stories inspiring imitation&optimism. In addition,I don't know of any case in which a society's collapse can be attributed solely to environmental damage.There are always other contrib. factors.When I began to plan this book I didn't apprec.those complications, &naively thought the book would just be about envir. dmge.