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> [“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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/in-much-of-the-rest-of-the-world-rich-people-live-in-gated/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/in-much-of-the-rest-of-the-world-rich-people-live-in-gated-2/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

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## More by Jared Diamond

> [Bird taxonomy is a difficult field because of the severe anatomical constraints imposed by flight. There are only so many ways to design a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/bird-taxonomy-is-a-difficult-field-because-of-the-severe-anatomical/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [What did the last Easter Islander say as he chopped down the last tree? The Easter Islanders didnt have anthropologists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/what-did-the-last-easter-islander-say-as-he-chopped-down-the-last/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [“We come to conquer this land by his command, that all may come to a knowledge of God and of His Holy Catholic Faith;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/we-come-to-conquer-this-land-by-his-command-that-all-may-come-to-a/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [“With the rise of chiefdoms around 7,500 years ago, people had to learn, for the first time in history, how to encounter strangers regularly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/with-the-rise-of-chiefdoms-around-7-500-years-ago-people-had-to-learn/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [Human societies vary in lots of independent factors affecting their openness to innovation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/human-societies-vary-in-lots-of-independent-factors-affecting-their/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [No government is here forever. And there are other forces - the most potent force in our society, in fact, big business - doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/no-government-is-here-forever-and-there-are-other-forces-the-most/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [“Those parasites pass to a person from an eaten animal, but the virus causing laughing sickness (kuru) in the New Guinea highlands used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/those-parasites-pass-to-a-person-from-an-eaten-animal-but-the-virus/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [“...invokes the supposed stimulatory effects of their homeland's cold climate and the inhibitory effects of hot, humid, tropical climates on human creativity and energy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/invokes-the-supposed-stimulatory-effects-of-their-homeland-s-cold/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [“Throughout the Americas, diseases introduced with Europeans spread from tribe to tribe far in advance of the Europeans themselves, killing an estimated 95 percent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/throughout-the-americas-diseases-introduced-with-europeans-spread/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/history-followed-different-courses-for-different-peoples-because-of/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/we-study-the-injustices-of-history-for-the-same-reason-that-we-study/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [I decided that now is the time to start doing the things that really interest me and I find important. It was in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/i-decided-that-now-is-the-time-to-start-doing-the-things-that-really/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [“As a result of that confined distribution, peoples who pride themselves on being civilized have always viewed writing as the sharpest distinction raising them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/as-a-result-of-that-confined-distribution-peoples-who-pride/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/infectious-diseases-introduced-with-europeans-like-smallpox-and/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

> [In fact, everywhere in the world there has been a flux between big and small societies. Big political units are constantly being formed, later…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jared-diamond/in-fact-everywhere-in-the-world-there-has-been-a-flux-between-big-and/)

[Jared Diamond](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jared-diamond/)

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