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Lest those islands still seem to you too remote in space and time to be relevant to our modern societies, just think about the risks... of our increasing globalization and increasing worldwide economic interdependence.

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Jared Diamond
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: September 10
Biologist
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University Teacher
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Boston
Massachusetts
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