Ep 51 Ch 17 "Unsustainable" Part 1
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The Statues Were All Made Alike Because Easter Was a Static Society
Easter Island was a static society. It never took that first step in the ascent of man, the beginning of infinity. Of the hundreds of statues on the island, built over the course of several centuries, fewer than half are at their intended destinations. In other words, as disaster loomed, the islanders diverted evermore effort to not addressing the problem, but into making evermore and bigger, but very rarely better monuments to their ancestors.
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