Why Societies make Disastrous Decisions.

Jared Diamond brings up specific points to try and explain why some societies make disastrous decisions, the title of his article. He argues that societies fail to anticipate, fail to perceive the problem after it has already risen, and fail to solve that problem. While these are simple enough, they can often be over looked. We learn best from looking at the past. I know its a cliche' that people often say, but history can and does repeat itself. Now the only way to prevent that is to actually learn from and be informed of our past. That is what i believe was one of the main points that I got out of this article. Like some of my classmates said though, the way Diamond wrote was a bit hard to interpret.