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Questioning Collapse: Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire ed by Patricia A. McAnany and Norman Yoffee

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[Intolerant in NJ]

Yoffee said he hoped to make clear was the vast expansion of human power over the environment which he believes has led to the extremity of climate change. He explained that modern humans have the capability to radically transform the planet’s environment in ways unheard of in the ancient world.“They didn’t have the power, we [do],” he said...the world can be a big, lonely, scary place for some people - it makes them feel better to believe that man has the power to exert control over that world, even if it's a destructive sontrol......

[Radix]

I still wonder years after reading that book just what the lumberjack on Easter Island was thinking as he cut down that last giant palm.

[TiberiusClaudius]

It would be nice if this article included some detailed points, arguments, examples, or any other content from his speech.