Why Did Human Development Proceed At Such

A Blueprint For Disaster In Any Society Is When The Elite Are Capable Of Insulating Themselves.

It Invites A Search For Ultimate Causes: Why Were Europeans, Rather Than Africans Or Native Americans, The Ones To End Up With Guns, The Nastiest Germs, And Steel?

In Much Of The Rest Of The World, Rich People Live In Gated Communities And Drink Bottled Water. That's Increasingly The Case In Los Angeles Where I Come From. So That Wealthy People In Much Of The World Are Insulated From The Consequences Of Their Actions.

In Contrast [to Trees And Fish], Oil, Metals, And Coal Are Not Renewable; They Don't Reproduce, Sprout, Or Have Sex To Produce Baby Oil Droplets Or Coal Nuggets.

The Single Most Important Problem Is Our Misguided Focus On Identifying The Single Most Important Problem!