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John Stiel's avatar

Hmmm, we really haven’t learnt much, have we? Interesting article, a bit depressing, but I’ll take that over ignorance. Thanks for writing.

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Zac S's avatar

Harrowing stuff, thanks for writing.

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Leon Hewer's avatar

Time to revisit The Fatal Shore for me. I agree it's very Blood Meridian-esque, and I wish the grim specifics were more widely known, rather than the amorphous shame that haunts us here in the present.

Are you familiar with Joe Heinrich's comments about the first Tasmanians re technology in Secret to Our Success?

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Misha Saul's avatar

Love that book, don’t recall what he said though about them. Will look it up

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Wendy Wright's avatar

Why oh why do the strong & ignorant always make this world poorer by eradicating what they don’t even try to understand. The knowledge this world has lost is irreplaceable.😡

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