Reading Comparison

Me and Mike compared the two readings this week so find their similarities and differences. What we found was they they both had an overall topic of how people used their resources. Both authors created a discussion over how indigenous people used their natural resources in their homes.  Collapse talked about how the people of Easter Island misused their resources by deforesting the entire island and using many of their resources to create giant statues as idols to their Gods. Architecture talked about how people used vernacular architecture to successfully create homes in their environments. It talks about people making their cities out of the sides of mountains to help protect their people and to define their territory. Both pieces also talk about how we have evolved over time, and how we have changed from a more basic society to a more complex one. Collapse however takes a more pessimistic look at society and looks at more what people did wrong to eventually cause the collapse of their society. Collapse also talks about many other reasons besides resources why societies collapse such as trade partners and weather. Architecture tends to take a more positive look at society and talks more about how people used vernacular architecture in a positive way to advance their society.