I most certainly agree with Diamond's statement. I believe that the reason the people in the Middle East thrived so well was because of their land and their climate, all luck in their case. They could farm and set up steady civilizations. Unfortunately in Papua New Guinea, they didn't have so much luck. Their land is unfarmable, the weather too hot and the geography consisting of too much rainforest. The crops can't be stored and don't have much protein or nutrition.
Also, the land influences the people. For example, the people in the Middle East were able to farm, so they could sustain the whole community, allowing other people in their community to hold other specialty jobs. The people in the Middle East no longer hunt and gather for their food, in fact they haven't done so for several thousand years, their geography permitted them to advance into the modern age. The people in Papua New Guinea, though, still hunt nowadays, considering it one of the only ways of attaining food in the country. In the game of geographical luck, some win and others don't, and unfortunately for those who lose, they get to stay behind while the rest of the world propels into a new age.
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