The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race Essay

ancestors ever imagined, our reach into history is more prevailing. May it be archival data, works written by historians, running records, or even people’s accounts of what ensued during an event, we now have the tools to accumulate and examine them all. So, with this great power, it should be unquestionable that our sense of duty to remember the past is more prodigious today than ever before. Yet, we have many people who choose to omit numerous parts of history from their recollections or…

we use today to discriminate, separate, and hinder the opportunities of those who become trapped behind bars. The incarceration system around the globe has a deep history that differs from country to country, some being more violent and unfair, like that of Latin America, to others being more successful in treating prisoners like human beings, like those in Europe. This paper examines how the United States seems to fall somewhere in the middle, with being the leading nation in incarcerating…

a potential of danger and risk. She also wants a no-fly zone in Syria. Sanders doesn’t want to get involved in another war with Iraq. We should be supportive, but doesn’t support American group troops in Syria. He believed that the worst decision of American history was to be involved in the Iraq. Sanders thinks that a no-fly zone in Syria is dangerous. He also believes that when our country or allies are in trouble, we should discuss the issue, not act on it with war so quickly. He thinks that…

A People’s History of The United States by Howard Zinn is a book meant to show history in a way it is not usually presented. He cuts out the sugar coating of modern textbooks and aims to show flaws in the traditional tellings of history. In the end, Howard Zinn managed to tell history in a more negative light, but he uses bias and the same techniques he criticizes. Howard Zinn goes through history in order to break down everything that happens in America from the time Columbus arrives to the…

witness misidentification. Some of these factors are interestingly depicted in Picking Cotton. Jennifer did not attempt to recall the incident and the face of her attacker, subjecting her to the forgetting curve. As she stated, “ it seemed like the worst kind of irony: all you wanted to do was forget but instead, in the fluorescent glare of the conference room they ask you to remember over and over and over”(32).…

all that he has accomplished in his Presidency and his record as a Senator, there continues to be those that believe that he shouldn’t have been elected President in the first Place. In fact, Dick Cheney claims that Barack Obama is the worst President in history. While I don’t believe that to be the case, I also know that there are a great number of people who feel that way privately. Too bad, that so many people have allowed their prejudices to hold them hostage for so many years. It is…

Creating Positive Social Change It is common to hear what great pride our country takes in talking and teaching our younger generations about the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950’s and 60’s, and portray it as a heroic episode in the history of America. Where many activist such as Martin Luther King Jr, Rosa Parks, and Malcom X risked and for some, lost their lives in the name of freedom and equality. Civil activists participated in nonviolent protests and civil disobedience for change. They…

However it also brought disease and an increase in death. My thoughts on agriculture are very similar to David Steinlicht, it was a very important step towards civilization. Jared Diamond claims that agriculture was “The worst mistake in the human history of the human race.” He gave multiple reasons for why he made this claim. Agriculture showed to be very bad for the farmers’ health. Hunters and gatherers diet consisted of variant types of foods, while farmers mainly eat a few starchy crops.…

be correct as a general fact of life, many find human nature to be quite the contrary. Humans are despicable, destructive beings. Human nature is inherently evil, as depicted in the short story “The Lord of the Flies” and its use as a biblical allegory, including references to Genesis, and Apocalypse. In the end, human nature will triumph, evil will overcome, and any form of savior of Messiah, is merely an illusion, as ultimately, they perish. Human tendency is to slip towards inhumanity; as our…

An important question that one asks oneself after reading Jared’s book is ‘why Europeans and United States leaned towards domination of other peoples on other continents? Did it have to do with race or were the Europeans and United states cleverer than the other races?’ Jared Diamond believes it was not the racial characteristics that altered the scales of fortune for the Europeans it was their geography. Their geographical position gave them access to the best domestic grains…