So I was just surfing the web during my downtime and the internet being a rabbit hole that it is, I realized I got to this page....
http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20010817233944data_trunc_sys.shtmlHaving read Guns, Germs and Steel before (as well as watching the documentary on Youtube), I was really surprised that the difference can be attributed to simple things like frost.
This got me thinking, if you believe the poor countries are already locked in to their fate by the cards dealt them, does this mean they are blameless for their current situation? Did colonialism really messed them up or it simply exacerbated an existing problem? And how can poor countries overcome the challenges to becoming 1st-World?
in fact many poor countries that remain poor are due to their human resources, low education system, poor quality of health make bad human resources, when in fact their country is not poor natural resources, some poor countries have abundant mineral wealth, but because the source human resources are not good, they can not cultivate and explore their own natural resources, ultimately the handling of natural resources is left to rich countries and forming cooperation among those who are less profitable for the poor country.
rich countries will greatly benefit from such cooperation, they can take control of the natural resources of the poor country, can profit much from the processing and exploration of minerals through the cooperation.