This documentary was adapted from the book, “Guns, Germs, and Steel”, written by Jared Diamond. He was also the host for the documentary. He was spending a good deal of time in Papua New Guinea doing research when a native named Yali, posed Diamond this question: “Why do white people have so much cargo, but we New Guineans have so little?” (the local term “cargo” for inventions and manufactured goods).  Diamond could not answer his question and it spurred him to look for the reason why the dominance of wealth and power by the whites. Geography played a crucial role Rewinding to the cavemen era where humans started as hunters and gatherers, getting sufficient food was the challenge to stay alive. The availability of food limits the size of the tribe. As tribes began to be able to grow high yielding food instead of gathering them, and domesticate animals instead ......