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> Societal complexity is a function of excess energy availability That's true in it's most trivial sense, and false in any non-trivial sense. Quick examples -
by lionhearted 17y ago
> Societal complexity is a function of excess energy availability
That's true in it's most trivial sense, and false in any non-trivial sense. Quick examples - Qatar, Venezuela, Japan.
- randallsquared 17y agoYour Qatar and Japan examples, at least, make his point: the complexity of those cultures reflect the resource conditions in which they developed. Not sure about Venezuela. Japan, in particular, was the only place in the world where hunting and fishing could support large settled populations, if I remember my Jared Diamond correctly.
- WildUtah 17y agoJapan, in particular, was the only place in the world where hunting and fishing could support large settled populations Louisiana was more productive than Japan for wild fish and fowl. (Largely destroyed now by bad planning, pollution, and man-made environmental disasters)