Jared Diamond quote: [T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of ...

[T]he values to which people cling most stubbornly under inappropriate conditions are those values that were previously the source of their greatest triumphs.

~ Jared Diamond ~

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