[ExI] New Easter Island Documentary (2024)

[Dan TheBookMan]

I haven’t seen that documentary, but recall years ago many anthropologists and the like who had expertise in Rapa Nuhi and Polynesia in general strongly disagreed with Diamond’s views. This was around the time his book Collapse came out. There was even a popular level book taking on this example that I read. In other words, this should come as no shock.

Regards,

Dan

> On Jun 10, 2024, at 4:19 PM, BillK via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> 
> I've just watched a new 55-minute documentary about what really
> happened to the people of Easter Island.
> It may be available on PBS or other sources.
> Jared Diamond’s bestselling book Collapse, about self-inflicted
> societal collapse got it all wrong.
> 
> If you search for "Easter Island Origins" (in quotes, as that is the
> video title) you may find a copy to watch.
> 
> <https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/video/easter-island-origins/>
> says that the video is not available at present, but it does have a
> transcript of the video with all the information.
> You just don't get to see the spectacular pictures of the island.
> 
> An inspiring story of survival and tragedy.  Highly recommended!
> 
> BillK